Defending childhood : keeping the promise of early education /
Beverly Falk, editor ; Linda Darling-Hammond, foreword.
- xi, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Early childhood education series .
- Early childhood education series (Teachers College Press). .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The science of early childhood development : lessons for teachers and caregivers / A tale of two schools : the promise of playful learning / Honoring the lives of all children : identity, culture, and language / Low-income families and young children's development and school success / Foreclosed childhoods : poverty, inequality, and discarding the young / Working with Latino preschoolers : the literacy and language goals of teachers and mothers / Delis Cuéllar and Eugene E. García -- Media, technology, and commercialism : countering the threats to young children / Standardized testing : unheeded issues that impact children's learning / Tensions past, present, and future : using literature to promote social awareness and literacy in children / Creating powerful learning experiences in early childhood : lessons from good teaching / The school of the 21st century : addressing the needs of the whole child / The case for investing in young children / Supporting children's education and care: putting into practice what we know / Todd A. Grindal, Christina Hinton, and Jack P. Shonkoff -- Jessa Reed, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, and Roberta M. Golinkoff -- Sonia Nieto -- Barbara Bowman and Aisha Ray -- Valerie Polakow -- Nancy Carlsson-Paige -- George Madaus and Terrence Lee-St. John -- Robert L. Selman and Janet Kwok -- Mara Krechevsky, Ben Mardell, Tiziana Filippini, and Howard Gardner -- Edward Zigler and Matia Finn-Stevenson -- James J. Heckman -- Beverly Falk.
This book brings together a group of educators and scholars who offer insights about what we can do to defend childhood from societal challenges. The authors explain new findings from neuroscience and psychology, as well as emerging knowledge about the impact on child development of cultural and linguistic diversity, poverty, families and communities, and the media. Each chapter presents experiences and suggestions, from the perspectives of different disciplines, about what can be done to ensure that all children gain access to the supports they need for optimal physical, social, intellectual, and emotional development.