Notes on Contributors ix Introduction 1 Section I Foundations 5 1 The Origins of the Current Era of Early Childhood Care and Education 7Larry Prochner and Kristen Nawrotzki 2 Not All Children Grow Up the Same: Child Development, Diversity, and Early Care and Education 29Jeffrey Trawick‐Smith 3 The Sociocultural Process of Child Development 59Elizabeth Pufall Jones and Jayanthi Mistry 4 Perspectives on Play in Early Childhood Care and Education 79James E. Johnson and Viana Mei‐Hsuan Wu 5 Research in Early Childhood Care and Education Since 1970: Drivers, Questions, and Implications 99Cristina Gillanders and Rebecca Kantor 6 The Importance of Families and Home Environments in the Lives of Young Children 119Robert H. Bradley Section II Practices with Young Children 147 7 Culturally Sustaining and Humanizing Practice in Early Childhood Care and Education 149Fabienne Doucet 8 Early Childhood Care and Education for Bilingual Children and the Road to Multilingualism 173Dina C. Castro and Nydia Prishker 9 The Significance of Infant/Toddler Care and Education: A Call to Unite Research, Policy, and Practice 197Susan L. Recchia and Emmanuelle N. Fincham 10 Working with Diverse Families 219 Kiyomi Sánchez‐Suzuki Colegrove 11 The Changing Landscape of Education for Young Children Receiving Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education 239Maggie Bartlett and Ann Mickelson Section III Curriculum 259 12 Perspectives on Early Childhood Curricula 261Martha Lash 13 More than Academics: Supporting the Whole Child 279Marilou Hyson and Anne L. Douglass 14 Teaching and Learning Literacy in Early Childhood Education: Crossroads and Intersections 301Candace R. Kuby, Angie Zapata, and Oona Fontanella‐Nothom 15 Teaching and Learning Mathematics in Early Childhood Programs 329Arthur J. Baroody, Douglas H. Clements, and Julie Sarama 16 Teaching and Learning Science in Early Childhood Care and Education 355Valarie L. Akerson 17 Social Studies in the Early Years: Children Engaging as Citizens through the Social Sciences 377Stephanie C. Serriere Section IV Professional Development 401 18 The Enduring and Evolving Nature of Early Childhood Care and Education: Pedagogical Challenges in Our Time 403Patricia M. Cooper 19 Professional Development in Early Childhood Education 427Karen La Paro and Elizabeth King 20 Developing Early Childhood Professionals in Laboratory Schools 449Brent A. McBride and Meghan C. Fisher 21 Developing Early Educators Who Engage in Critical Multicultural Pedagogical Practices: A Historical, Moral, and Pedagogical Imperative 465Mariana Souto‐Manning, Nicole McGowan, and Sarah L. Zalcmann Section V Policy and Its Impact on Early Childhood Education 491 22 Early Childhood Policy and Its Impact on the Field: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives 493Rebecca E. Gomez and Thomas Rendon 23 Child Care Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS): National Experiment for Improving Early Childhood Education Quality 515James Elicker and Karen Ruprecht 24 Early Childhood Care and Education Workforce Issues in Implementing Assessment Policies 537Debra J. Ackerman 25 Accreditation: Supporting Quality and Professionalization in Early Childhood Care and Education 567Diane M. Horm, Nancy E. Barbour, and Elisa Huss‐Hage 26 Pre‐School Through Third Grade (P–3): Conceptual, Organizational, and Practical Perspectives 591Kristie Kauerz Section VI Critical Issues and Future Directions 615 27 Making Room for More: Complexity, Diversity, and the Impact of Alternative Perspectives on Early Childhood Care and Education 617Susan Grieshaber and Mindy Blaise 28 International Perspectives on Early Childhood Care and Education Policy and Practice 641Jennifer Sumsion 29 Social Justice and Equity in Early Childhood Education 661Fikile Nxumalo and Jennifer Keys Adair 30 The Capabilities Approach: A New Perspective on Enduring and Critical Questions 683Cary A. Buzzelli Index 705

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