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The Past as Prologue: Exploring the Historic Roots of Present Day Concerns in Early Childhood Education.
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Spodek, Bernard – 1984
In contrast to a common set of roles or definitions, it is a common sense of mission that unifies practitioners in the field of early childhood education. Successful missions in time become transformed into organizational sagas that capture the allegiance and commitment of a group. Early childhood educators can increase their commitment to the…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Early Childhood Education, Early Reading, Educational History
Early Childhood Education's Past as Prologue: Roots of Contemporary Concerns.
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Spodek, Bernard – Young Children, 1985
Explores recurring themes in early childhood education that strengthen professional identity and commitment. Historical issues of continuing relevance are discussed, including school entrance age, kindergarten and early reading, child care services as social change agents, increase of child care services due to the changing role of women, and…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Early Childhood Education, Early Reading, Educational History