Skills for Preschool Teachers - Couverture souple

Beaty, Janice J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0130486094 ISBN 13 : 9780130486097

Editeur : Pearson, 2004

Synopsis

Book by Beaty Janice J

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

Considered by many to be a classic in the field of early childhood education,Skills for Preschool Teachers has prepared thousands of teachers, teaching assistants, college students, and CDA candidates to work with children 3 to 5 years of age in preschools, center-based child care, and Head Start programs. In addition to providing practical tips and research-based methods for developing teachers, a hallmark of this text is its practical checklists for observing children and the classroom environment.

 

The skills for working with young children are presented in 13 easily readable, fact-filled chapters, each of which is based on one of the CDA functional areas: safe, healthy, learning environment, physical, cognitive, communication, creative, self-concept, social, guidance, family, program management, and professionalism.

 

New to This Edition

• A discussion of inclusion in each of the chapters
• A realistic ethical dilemma presented at the end of every chapter for student discussion
• Information concerning healthy food choices, physical activity, and obesity prevention 
• Problem solving, high-level thinking, brain imaging technologies, and a comparison of Piaget’s and Vygotsky’s theories in Chapter 5, Cognitive
• The importance of talk, bilingual activities, young children’s reading and writing behaviors, and new books to motivate reading in Chapter 6, Communication
• Expanded discussion of self-concept and the teacher’s behavior management style in Chapter 8, Self-Concept 
• Creating an emotional tone, setting up an encouraging environment for boys, and new ideas about hitting and biting in Chapter 10, Guidance 
• Chapter 12, Program Management: rewritten to focus on assessing children’s needs through observing, recording, and interpreting; implementing an emergent curriculum based on needs; and assessing program outcome based on a Learning Center Involvement Checklist
• Chapter 13, Professionalism: expanded discussion of DAP, a new discussion of technology and e-learning, NAEYC’s revised Code of Ethical Conduct, and career opportunities
• A new observational tool, Teacher Skills Checklist for Infant and Toddler Programs (Appendix B)

Quatrième de couverture :

For over two decades, Skills for Preschool Teachers has prepared teachers, teaching assistants, college students, classroom volunteers, and CDA candidates to work with children three-to-five years of age in preschools, center-based child care, Head Starts, and pre-kindergartens. Its practical checklists for observing children and the classroom environment has been a hallmark of this text, as well as its use of the latest children’s picture books as lead-ins to every curriculum area covered. The appropriate NAEYC Program Standards can be found in every chapter, as well as a section on inclusion and how to help children with disabilities succeed in classroom activities.

 

Proven in content with clearly-written prose, this sound resource provides the early childhood practitioner with solid and practical tips, new research, and empirically-based methods and strategies for working with and teaching young children in an array of educational settings.

 

New to This Edition:

 

• How to respond to bullying in the classroom and playground. (Chapter 1)
• An expanded discussion of brain research and cognitive development (Chapter 5)
• Helping “dual-language learners” who are learning English as well as their own home language (Chapter 6)
• Expanded discussion of Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP) found in the text introduction
• NAEYC Early Childhood Program Standards can now be found in the Introduction as well as in every chapter in the text.
• Newly added popular children’s books, such as such as Freckleface Strawberry (Chapter 1) and the Dodgeball Bully (2009), are now boxed features in each chapter serving as lead-ins to activities.
• NEW discussions on Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) (Chapter 2, Maintaining a Healthy Classroom).
• More on “skipping” as well as a new book (Ready, Set, Skip, 2007) as a lead-in to Chapter 4, Advancing Physical Skills.

 

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Pearson
• Date d'édition: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0130486094
• ISBN 13: 9780130486097
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 416