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Foundations of Early Childhood Education--EDU3330-01: Subject Terms & Books

Guide to library resources--in-house and online--for Foundations of Early Childhood Education, EDU3330-01

Subject Terms for Early Childhood Education (Partial)

  • Use these subject terms to search for materials in the online catalog and databases!
    • Active learning
      • -- United States
    • Child care services
      • -- Government policy -- United States
    • Child development
      • -- United States
    • Child psychology
      • -- Cross-cultural studies
    • Children
      • -- Government policy -- United States
      • -- Health and hygiene -- United States
      • -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century
      • -- United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century
    • Classroom environment
    • Cognition and culture
    • Cognition in children
      • -- Cross-cultural studies
    • Community involvement
    • Computers and children
    • Cross-Cultural Comparison
    • Culture
    • Day care centers
      • -- Activity programsEarly Childhood Education
    • Early childhood education
      • -- Activity programs
      • -- Computer-assisted instruction
      • -- Curricula
      • -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
      • -- Parent participation -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
      • -- United States
      • -- Vocational guidance -- United States
    • Early childhood teachers
    • Education, Elementary
      • -- Parent participation -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
    • Educational leadership
      • -- United States
    • Education and state
      • -- United States
    • Emotions in children
    • Families
    • Family policy
      • -- United States
    • Helping behavior in children
    • Home and school
      • -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
    • Language arts (Early childhood)
    • Mathematics
      • -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
      • -- Study and teaching (Primary)
    • Moral education (Early childhood)
    • Motivation in education
      • -- United States
    • Multicultural education
      • -- United States
    • Learning
    • Learning strategies
      • -- United States
    • Lesson planning
      • -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
    • Motivation in education
      • -- United States
    • Parent & child
    • Play
    • School age child care
      • -- Activity programs
    • Social Environment
    • Social interaction in children
    • Socialization
    • Social sciences
      • -- Study and teaching (Early childhood) -- United states
    • Social skills
      • -- Study and teaching -- United States
    • Social values
      • -- Study and teaching (Early childhood)
    • Teaching
    • Teacher-student relationships

Books you can check out (a partial list)!

A partial list of titles with Early Childhood Education as subject:

A mandate for playful learning in preschool : presenting the evidence. Oxford ;: Oxford University Press, 2009.

Curtis, Sandra R. The joy of movement in early childhood. New York : Teachers College, Columbia University, 1982.

Diversity and developmentally appropriate practices : challenges for early childhood education. New York : Teachers College Press, c1994.

Epstein, Ann S. The intentional teacher : choosing the best strategies for young children's learning. Washington, DC : National Association for the Education of Young Children, c2007.

Gonzalez-Mena, Janet. Diversity in early care and education : honoring differences. Boston : McGraw-Hill, c2008.

Greenman, James T. Caring spaces, learning places : children's environments that work. Redmond : Exchange Press, c2007.

Howes, Carollee. A matter of trust : connecting teachers and learners in the early childhood classroom. New York : Teachers College Press, c2002.

Informing our practice : useful research on young children's development. Washington, DC : National Association for the Education of Young Children, c2009.

King, James R. Uncommon caring : learning from men who teach young children. New York : Teachers College Press, c1998.

Marotz, Lynn R. Motivational leadership in early childhood education. Australia ;: Thomson Delmar Learning, c2007.

Mooney, Carol Garhart. Theories of childhood : an introduction to Dewey, Montessori, Erikson, Piaget and Vygotsky. St. Paul, MN : Redleaf Press ;, c2000.

Multiple perspectives on play in early childhood education. Albany : State University of New York Press, c1998.

Petersen, Evelyn A. A practical guide to early childhood planning, methods, and materials : the what, why, and how of lesson plans. Boston : Allyn and Bacon, c1996.

Preventing early learning failure. Alexandria, Va. : Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, c2001.

Saifer, Steffen. Practical solutions to practically every problem : the early childhood teacher's manual. St. Paul, Minn. : Redleaf Press, c2003.