Michael Gramling

The Great Disconnect in Early Childhood Education (eBook, ePUB)

What We Know vs. What We Do

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Early childhood educators need to be cognizant of the disconnect between public policy and classroom practicethe success of children they teach depends on it. This book analyzes 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.

Michael Gramling is an expert in providing family literacy training and positive guidance training and has conducted experiential supervisor and mentor coach institutes for Head Start programs.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Redleaf Press
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781605544007
• Artikelnr.: 42538811

Autorenporträt

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, CA.

Inhaltsangabe

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