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Our Inquiry, Our Practice: Undertaking, Supporting, and Learning from Early Childhood Teacher Research(ers)
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Perry, Gail, Ed.; Henderson, Barbara, Ed.; Meier, Daniel R., Ed. – National Association for the Education of Young Children, 2012
Through "teacher research", teachers engage in the systematic study of their own practice to answer questions they have about teaching and learning, and their own effectiveness. This book explores what teacher research in the early childhood setting looks like, why it is important to the field of early childhood education, and how…
Descriptors: Teacher Researchers, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Children
Understanding the Reggio Approach: Early Years Education in Practice. Second Edition. Understanding the... Approach
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Thornton, Linda; Brunton, Pat – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2009
"Understanding the Reggio Approach" is a much needed source of information for those wishing to extend and consolidate their understanding of the Reggio Approach. Analysing the essential elements of the Reggio Approach to early childhood and its relationship to quality early years practice, this new edition is fully updated with the…
Descriptors: Young Children, Reggio Emilia Approach, Early Childhood Education, Child Development Centers
101 Ways To Build Enrollment in Your Early Childhood Program.
Montanari, Ellen Orton – 1992
Written for administrators of early childhood program centers, this book offers tips on how to increase enrollment. The book offers suggestions rather than a theoretical overview or a comprehensive marketing strategy. Suggestions offered include: (1) Offer a quality program; (2) be aware of your target market; (3) make your program unique; (4)…
Descriptors: Child Development Centers, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Enrollment
Management Problems in Providing Transportation Services for Rural Child Development Centers. Kentucky Youth Research Center (KYRC) Transportation Study.
Perreault, Joe, Comp.; And Others – 1974
Initiating the Rural Child Care Project Monograph Series, this publication details the many factors which affect the selection and operation of a transportation service supporting rural child development centers. Relying upon its 9 years of experience, the Kentucky Youth Research Center (KYRC) presents relative advantages and disadvantages of 4…
Descriptors: Child Development Centers, Comparative Analysis, Contracts, Cost Effectiveness
Early Education in the Public Schools: Lessons from a Comprehensive Birth-to-Kindergarten Program. The Jossey Bass Education Series. Jossey-Bass Social and Behavioral Science Series.
Hauser-Cram, Penny; And Others – 1991
Using the case of the Brookline Early Education Project (BEEP), begun in Boston in the early 1970s, this book provides a framework for planning, administering, and evaluating a comprehensive birth-to-kindergarten program. Early education programs based in the school can increase parental involvement and improve school performance for children from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Development Centers, Disadvantaged, Early Childhood Education
Early Childhood Literacy: Programs & Strategies To Develop Cultural, Linguistic, Scientific and Healthcare Literacy for Very Young Children & their Families, 2001 Yearbook.
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Cassidy, Jack, Ed.; Garrett, Sherrye D., Ed. – 2002
This yearbook recounts the work in 2001 at the Early Childhood Development Center (ECDC) at Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi. Rather than an "elitist" laboratory school for the children of university faculty, the ECDC is a collaboration between the Corpus Christi Independent School District and the university, with an enrollment…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Child Development, Child Development Centers, Childrens Literature