Understanding research in early education : the relevance for the future of lessons from the past / Margaret M. Clark.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clark, Margaret M. (Margaret Macdonald), 1926-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Early childhood education--Great Britain--Evaluation.

Early childhood education.

Reading (Early childhood)--Great Britain--Evaluation.

Reading (Early childhood).

Children with disabilities--Education--Great Britain--Evaluation.

Children with disabilities.

Children with disabilities--Education.

Evaluation.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

x, 194 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.

Contents:

Introduction

The language of young children : perceptions in 1970s and their continuing relevance

Research evidence on language and the homes of young children : looking back and looking forward

Studies in preschool units : researches in 1970s and 1980s set in context

Studies of preschool education in Scotland : lessons from the past

Language and interaction in preschool units : looking back and looking forward

Research studies on transition and continuity in early education : lessons from the past

Communication in the early education of children from different ethnic backgrounds : part 1 of a DES-funded study

Reception classrooms as contexts for learning : part 2 of a DES-funded study

Reading and learning to read

Young fluent readers and children with difficulties : two contrasting research approaches

Better beginnings.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415361125

0415361133

OCLC:

57493883