The hidden history of early childhood education /
edited by Blythe Farb Hinitz.
- xv, 282 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Blythe Farb Hinitz -- The light within: glimpses into the lives and education of young Quaker children (1820-1860) / Susan Anderson Miller -- A history of homeschooling and memories of kindergarten in 1942-1943 / Judy Williston -- The internment and education of Japanese-American nursery school children during World War II: antecedents and understanding / Phillip M. Wishon, Margaret B. Shaeffer and Margaret M. Kyger -- A memoir of an exemplary education / Sue Grossman -- Early care and education in the 1950s: the thorny path when public issues confront passionately-held beliefs / Edna Runnels Ranck -- Selected African-American pioneers of early childhood education / W. Jean Simpson and Judith Lynne McConnell-Farmer -- Patty Smith Hill and the case study of Betty Kirby / Elizabeth A. Sherwood and Amy Freshwater -- The impact of Margaret Naumburg and Walden School on early childhood education in the United States / Blythe Farb Hinitz -- Child champion, professionals' mentor, hothead: substance of a "giant in the field" / Charlotte Jean Anderson -- Playing with numbers: Constance Kamii and reinventing arithmetic in early childhood education / Barbara Beatty -- Conclusion / Blythe Farb Hinitz.