1st Edition
History of Early Childhood Education
Introduction
Part I: The Beginnings of Early Childhood Education
Chapter 1: Antiquity
Chapter 2: European Roots
Chapter 3: The Industrial Revolution (1700-1850)
Chapter 4: Friedrich Wilhelm Froebel (1782-1852)
Chapter 5: Post Industrial Revolution (1870-1980)
Chapter 6: Montessori (1870-1952)
Part II: Early Childhood Education in the United States
Chapter 7: European Settlement
Chapter 8: American Educational Reformers
Chapter 9: The Kindergarten Movement
Chapter 10: The Nursery School Movement
Chapter 11: Day Nurseries to Day Car to Child Care to Quality 2000
Chapter 12: Federal Government Involvement (1900-1950)
Chapter 13: Federal Government Involvement in the 1960's and Beyond
Part III: Diverse Populations
Chapter 14: Native American
Chapter 15: Black Americans
Chapter 16: Asian Americans
Chapter 17: Hispanic Americans
Chapter 18: Biligualism
Chapter 19: Recent Influences from Overseas
Part IV: Professional Organizations and Conclusions
Chapter 20: Professional Orgainizations and Their Programs
Chapter 21: Conclusions
Biography
V. Celia Lascarides
"This manual is interesting reading to establish a background for the rofession and can be easily read, especially by undergraduates. Graduate students and scholars will find this volume equally usefl for the identification of little-known contributors and to identify topics to be pursued in further study. Something for everyone in the early childhood field is contained within this comprehensive resource. Consequently, it is highly recommended to teacher educators..." -- Marjorie W. Lee, National-Louis University
"The authors have in this in-depth and well-written volume indeed captured the deep tradition and the creative knowledge base of early care and education and have given the updated information as a gift not only to those in early education, but also to the entire field of educational history and to the wider society." -- International Journal of Early Childhood
