Reinventing early care and education : a vision for a quality system / Sharon L. Kagan, Nancy E. Cohen, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kagan, Sharon Lynn.

Cohen, Nancy E., 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Preschool--United States.

Education, Preschool.

United States.

Child care--United States.

Child care.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 365 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Reinventing early care & education

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [1996]

Summary:

By the year 2000, all children in America will start school ready to learn. For five years, this has been our number one educational goal - yet today's children are not receiving the early care and education services that they deserve and the nation needs to reach this goal. Reinventing Early Care and Education, edited by two leading thinkers in the field, provides not only the necessary vision but a working blueprint for policy reform and program development. Reinventing Early Care and Education defines the essential elements of a quality system and suggests innovative strategies for improving pedagogy and practice in family child care homes and early childhood centers. It also offers alternative approaches to finance and governance and discusses how communities can mobilize citizens and the media to gain support for social change.

Contents:

Introduction : the changing context of American early care and education / Sharon L. Kagan, Nancy E. Cohen, Michelle J. Neuman

Parents' perspectives on quality in early care and education / Mary Larner

Reframing the quality issue / Deborah Phillips

International approaches to defining quality / Jennifer Bush, Deborah Phillips

Multicultural perspectives on quality / Nancy E. Cohen, Delia Pompa

Licensing : lessons from other occupations / Anne Mitchell

Training and professional development : international approaches / Eliza Pritchard

Regulation : alternative approaches from other fields / Katherine L. Scurria

Governance : child care, federalism, and public policy / William T. Gormley

Funding and financing : moving toward a more universal system / Martin H. Gerry

Quality infrastructure for family child care / Shelby H. Miller

Media and mass communications strategies / Kathy Bonk, Meredith Wiley

Citizen participation : transforming access into influence / Christopher Howard

Organizing communities and constituents for change / Ernesto Cortes, Jr.

Understanding the complexities of educational change / Ann Lieberman, Diane Wood, Beverly Falk

The synchrony of stakeholders : lessons from the Disabilities Rights Movement / H. Rutherford Turnbull, Ann P. Turnbull

A vision for a quality early care and education system / Sharon L. Kagan, Nancy E. Cohen

Getting from here to there : the process and the players / Nancy E. Cohen, Sharon L. Kagan.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0787903191

OCLC:

35033553