The Great Disconnect in Early Childhood Education: What We Know vs. What We Do

Examines the disconnect between public policy and classroom practice-and what educators need to change in order to teach children well.

List of contents

Foreword by Elizabeth Jones
Introduction
Chapter 1: America Discovers Poverty: The Origins of Head Start
Chapter 2: Age of Accountability
Chapter 3: Child Development
Chapter 4: Different Ways of Being
Chapter 5: Everybody's Different
Chapter 6: The Human Classroom
Chapter 7: Where Do Rich Kids Go to Preschool?
Chapter 8: Starting from Scratch

About the author

Michael Gramling: Michael Gramling is an expert in providing family literacy training and positive guidance training and has conducted experiential supervisor/mentor coach institutes for Head Start programs throughout the US. Michael also teaches a community parenting class for distressed families who are involved in custody disputes or have been ordered by the court system to seek training and support for their parenting skills. Michael earned his master's degree in human development from Pacific Oaks College.

Elizabeth Jones: Elizabeth Jones is faculty emerita, School of Human Development and Family Studies, Pacific Oaks College, in Pasadena, California.

Summary

Analyses how ineffective practices are driven by unexamined public policies and why educators need to challenge their thinking in order to make a difference in children's lives. A very complex story about public policy and the importance of teaching is told while entertaining and engaging the reader throughout.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Gramling
• Publisher: Redleaf Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2016
• EAN: 9781605543994
• ISBN: 978-1-60554-399-4
• No. of pages: 168
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 226 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 318 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Kindergarten and pre-school education; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; Bildungsstrategien und -politik, EDUCATION / Preschool & Kindergarten, EDUCATION / Professional Development, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, Education / Teaching