Culture and Child Development in Early Childhood Programs

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ISBN: 9780807750209 | 0807750204
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Copyright: 11/15/2009

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In this book, Carollee Howes shows how high-quality programs successfully adapt child development guidelines within cultural contexts, and why quality needs to be and can be measured in culturally specific ways. This important book closely examines ECE programs considered exemplary for low-income children of colour. it offers best practices base on extensive assessments, interviews, and observations.

Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Overview	p. 1
Building a New Conceptual Framework for Studying Children's Experiences Within ECE Programs	p. 3
Cultural Communities and Practices	p. 4
The Research Team	p. 7
The Kaleidoscope: Examining Both Individual Child Development and Participation in a Cultural Community	p. 9
Organization of the Book	p. 11
Seeing ECE Programs Through a Kaleidoscope: Lenses and Descriptions
Multiple Lenses and Elements	p. 15
Analyzing Contextual Influences: Kaleidoscopes and Circles	p. 16
Cultural Shaping of Early Childhood Practices	p. 16
Describing Early Childhood Programs	p. 17
Quality and School Readiness: Promises, Controversies, and Definitions	p. 28
Defining Quality by Selecting and Assessing ECE Programs	p. 29
School Success: "What Is a Prepared Child?"	p. 37
Children Participating in the Longitudinal Study	p. 39
How They Did Things: Practices, Activities, and Activities Embedded in Practices	p. 45
Practices Directly Influencing Children's Experiences in Classrooms	p. 47
Practices Indirectly Influencing Children's Experiences in the Classroom	p. 61
Children and Teachers Involved in Activities and Interaction	p. 64
Teacher Engagement with Children and Activities Embedded Within Practices	p. 69
ECE Programs Nested Within Larger Cultural Communities	p. 72
Cultural Community, Race, and Ethnicity	p. 72
Focus on Practices	p. 75
Activities and Interaction	p. 83
ECE Programs Within Cultural Communities
Los Angeles Early Childhood Programs Within the African American Community	p. 87
Focus on the Larger Cultural Community	p. 87
Focus on Practices	p. 91
Focus on the Interpersonal	p. 97
Focus on the Children	p. 100
Summary	p. 101
Early Childhood Programs Within the Latino/a Larger Cultural Community	p. 103
Focus on the Larger Cultural Community	p. 103
Focus on Practices	p. 109
Focus on the Interpersonal	p. 114
Focus on the Children	p. 116
Summary	p. 117
Early Childhood Programs in Rural North Carolina	p. 119
Focus on the Larger Cultural Communities	p. 120
Focus on Practices	p. 122
Focus on the Interpersonal	p. 125
Focus on the Children	p. 128
Summary	p. 128
Serving Children in a Multicultural Context: The Diverse Families Cultural Community	p. 129
Serving Children in a Multicultural Context	p. 129
Focus on Practices	p. 134
Focus on the Interpersonal	p. 137
Focus on the Children	p. 140
Summary	p. 140
Conclusions	p. 142
Culture, Child Development, and Early Childhood Education	p. 142
Limitations	p. 146
Application to Current Issues in the ECE Field	p. 147
What We Have Learned	p. 149
A Multifaceted Methodology	p. 151
Detailed Descriptions of Procedures and Measures	p. 165
Notes	p. 173
References	p. 181
Index	p. 191
About the Author	p. 203
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