Early Childhood Program Assignment - ECED105 - Introduction to Early Childhood Education

Head Start/ Early Head Start

Head Start Programs
Head Start began in the United States in 1965. It originated as a preschool program for children aged three to five from low-income families. Its original aim was to prepare children for success in school through an early structured learning program. Since that time, the program has expanded to include nutritional programs for newborns, as well as services for homeless children, the children of migrant workers, and Native American children.
Evaluating the Quality of Early Childhood Education Programs
he extension of public education into the prekindergarten years makes early childhood settings the first introduction for many children to the world of more formal learning and to doing so in a group setting. These early experiences are critical for establishing learning and dispositional patterns that may affect children's interactions with classrooms for years to come. Over the years, however, no clear or coherent focus has emerged for the purpose of early childhood education; that is, whether there should be different purposes in caring for or educating young children than there are for older children.

The Birth of Head Start by Maris A. Vinovskis
ISBN: 9780226856728
Publication Date: 2008-05-15
This thorough and incisive book will be essential for policymakers and legislators interested in prekindergarten education and will inform future discussions on early intervention services for disadvantaged children.
Childhood Programs and Practices in the First Decade of Life by Arthur J. Reynolds (Editor); Michelle M. Englund (Editor); Arthur J. Rolnick (Editor); Judy A. Temple (Editor)
ISBN: 9780521198462
Publication Date: 2010-08-30
Leading scholars in the multidisciplinary field of human development and in early childhood learning discuss the effects and cost-effectiveness of the most influential model, state, and federally funded programs, policies, and practices. These include Head Start, Early Head Start, the WIC nutrition program, Nurse Family Partnership, and Perry Preschool as well as school reform strategies. This volume provides a unique multidisciplinary approach to understanding and improving interventions, practices, and policies to optimally foster human capital over the life course.

Preschool Inclusion Toolbox by Erin E. Barton; Barbara J. Smith; Christina L. Salisbury (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9781598576672
Publication Date: 2015-03-26
Inclusion is clearly related to better outcomes for young children. This is the how-to book preschool administrators, school district leaders, child care directors, and faculty need to step up the progress of early childhood inclusion through big-picture, systems-level change.
Children with Multiple Mental Health Challenges by Sarah Landy; Susan J. Bradley
ISBN: 9780826199591
Publication Date: 2014-01-01
This book provides valuable information on taking care of Chapters present information in tabular format, which makes the book easy to use in practice. The case vignettes are practical and helpful in understanding a child as a unique case and not just a diagnosis.

Maria Montessori (1870-1952): Topic Page
Single-handedly revolutionized teaching methods for preschool and infant children.
Maria Montessori - Topic Page (Gale)
Contains biographical information, primary sources, images, and news articles

Montessori: the Science Behind the Genius by Angeline Stoll Lillard
ISBN: 9780199981526
Publication Date: 2016-11-01
Lillard explains the scientific basis for Montessori's system and the distinctions between practices in traditional, "Montessomething," and authentic Montessori education. Furthermore, in this new edition, she presents recent studies showing evidence that this alternative to traditional schooling does indeed make a difference. Montessori is indispensable reading for anyone interested in teaching, training, or considering Montessori schooling, in developmental psychology, or in understanding about human learning and education overall.
Maria Montessori by Marion O'Donnell
ISBN: 9781441134721
Publication Date: 2013-01-17
Marion O'Donnell explores the key aspects of Montessori education: child development; the learning environment; the role of the teacher; the role of the learner and parental involvement. Within each key aspect, Marion considers the implications for Montessori education, the views of critics and supporters, the implications for education today and the implications for research.

Reggio Emilia Approach
The ‘Reggio Approach’ refers to a set of pedagogical practices – developed in Reggio Emilia, Northern Italy – which is based on respect for childhood, children's rights and the development of communities of learners.
Constructivism
From The Concise Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science
In traditional philosophy, the commodity that goes by the name of knowledge, whether based on information conveyed by the senses or on insights of intuitive reason, is always expected to represent an external reality in some way analogous to the way pictures represent what they are supposed to depict.
Experiential Learning
From Business: The Ultimate Resource
A model that views learning as a cyclical process in four stages: concrete experience, reflective observation, abstract conceptualization, and active experimentation.

Loris Malaguzzi and the Reggio Emilia Experience by Anna Ridgway; Rosaleen Murphy; Maura Cunneen; Denice Cunningham; Richard Bailey (Series edited by); Kathy Hall; Mary Horgan
ISBN: 9781847061058
Publication Date: 2010-02-15
Loris Malaguzzi is indisputably a major thinker in education. Kathy Hall's volume offers the most coherent account of Malaguzzi's educational thought. This work is divided into: 1. Intellectual biography 2. Critical exposition of Malaguzzi's work 3. The reception and influence of Malaguzzi's work 4. The relevance of the work today
Inquiry-Based Early Learning Environments by Susan Stacey
ISBN: 9781605545813
Publication Date: 2018-09-18
nquiry-Based Early Learning Environment examines inquiry in all its facets, including environments that support relationships, that create a culture of risk-taking in our thinking, that support teachers as well as children, that include families, that use documentation as a way of thinking about our work, and of course, the physical environment and all the objects and spaces within it,

Rudolf Steiner - Topic Page (Gale)
Contains biographical information, primary sources, images and news articles.
Steiner-Waldorf Approach
Contains a description of the underlaying philosophy and examples

Rudolf Steiner by Heiner Ullrich; Richard Bailey (Series edited by)
ISBN: 9780826484192
Publication Date: 2008-05-15
The text describes a wide arc from the intellectual biography of Rudolf Steiner, across his basic ideas on human development and education, to include discussion of the organization, curriculum, methods and success of the Waldorf Schools.