The Wiley Handbook of Early Childhood Care and Education Wiley Handbooks in Education The Wiley Handbooks in Education offer a capacious and comprehensive over- view of higher education in a global context. These state‐of‐the‐art volumes offer a magisterial overview of every sector, sub‐field and facet of the discipline—from reform and foundations to K‐12 learning and literacy. The Handbooks also en- gage with topics and themes dominating today’s educational agenda‐mentoring, technology, adult and continuing education, college access, race and educational attainment. Showcasing the very best scholarship that the discipline has to offer, the Wiley Handbooks in Education will set the intellectual agenda for scholars, students, researchers for years to come. The Wiley Handbook of Early Childhood Care and Education By Christopher P. Brown (Editor), Mary Benson McMullen (Editor) and Nancy File (Editor) The Wiley Handbook of Teaching and Learning By Gene E. Hall (Editor), Donna M. 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Description: First edition. | Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2018. | Series: Wiley handbooks in education | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Identifiers: LCCN 2018028782 (print) | LCCN 2018042821 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119148074 (Adobe PDF) | ISBN 9781119148081 (ePub) | ISBN 9781119148067 (hardcover) Subjects: LCSH: Early childhood education. Classification: LCC LB1139.23 (ebook) | LCC LB1139.23 .W555 2018 (print) | DDC 372.21–dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018028782 Cover image: ©marigold_88/iStockphoto Cover design by Wiley Set in 10/12pt Warnock by SPi Global, Pondicherry, India 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 v Contents Notes on Contributors ix Introduction 1 Section I Foundations 5 1 The Origins of the Current Era of Early Childhood Care and Education 7 Larry Prochner and Kristen Nawrotzki 2 Not All Children Grow Up the Same: Child Development, Diversity, and Early Care and Education 29 Jeffrey Trawick‐Smith 3 The Sociocultural Process of Child Development 59 Elizabeth Pufall Jones and Jayanthi Mistry 4 Perspectives on Play in Early Childhood Care and Education 79 James E. Johnson and Viana Mei‐Hsuan Wu 5 Research in Early Childhood Care and Education Since 1970: Drivers, Questions, and Implications 99 Cristina Gillanders and Rebecca Kantor 6 The Importance of Families and Home Environments in the Lives of Young Children 119 Robert H. Bradley Section II Practices with Young Children 147 7 Culturally Sustaining and Humanizing Practice in Early Childhood Care and Education 149 Fabienne Doucet vi Contents 8 Early Childhood Care and Education for Bilingual Children and the Road to Multilingualism 173 Dina C. Castro and Nydia Prishker 9 The Significance of Infant/Toddler Care and Education: A Call to Unite Research, Policy, and Practice 197 Susan L. Recchia and Emmanuelle N. Fincham 10 Working with Diverse Families 219 Kiyomi Sánchez‐Suzuki Colegrove 11 The Changing Landscape of Education for Young Children Receiving Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education 239 Maggie Bartlett and Ann Mickelson Section III Curriculum 259 12 Perspectives on Early Childhood Curricula 261 Martha Lash 13 More than Academics: Supporting the Whole Child 279 Marilou Hyson and Anne L. Douglass 14 Teaching and Learning Literacy in Early Childhood Education: Crossroads and Intersections 301 Candace R. Kuby, Angie Zapata, and Oona Fontanella‐Nothom 15 Teaching and Learning Mathematics in Early Childhood Programs 329 Arthur J. Baroody, Douglas H. Clements, and Julie Sarama 16 Teaching and Learning Science in Early Childhood Care and Education 355 Valarie L. Akerson 17 Social Studies in the Early Years: Children Engaging as Citizens through the Social Sciences 377 Stephanie C. Serriere Section IV Professional Development 401 18 The Enduring and Evolving Nature of Early Childhood Care and Education: Pedagogical Challenges in Our Time 403 Patricia M. Cooper 19 Professional Development in Early Childhood Education 427 Karen La Paro and Elizabeth King Contents vii 20 Developing Early Childhood Professionals in Laboratory Schools 449 Brent A. McBride and Meghan C. Fisher 21 Developing Early Educators Who Engage in Critical Multicultural Pedagogical Practices: A Historical, Moral, and Pedagogical Imperative 465 Mariana Souto‐Manning, Nicole McGowan, and Sarah L. Zalcmann Section V Policy and Its Impact on Early Childhood Education 491 22 Early Childhood Policy and Its Impact on the Field: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives 493 Rebecca E. Gomez and Thomas Rendon 23 Child Care Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS): National Experiment for Improving Early Childhood Education Quality 515 James Elicker and Karen Ruprecht 24 Early Childhood Care and Education Workforce Issues in Implementing Assessment Policies 537 Debra J. Ackerman 25 Accreditation: Supporting Quality and Professionalization in Early Childhood Care and Education 567 Diane M. Horm, Nancy E. Barbour, and Elisa Huss‐Hage 26 Pre‐School Through Third Grade (P–3): Conceptual, Organizational, and Practical Perspectives 591 Kristie Kauerz Section VI Critical Issues and Future Directions 615 27 Making Room for More: Complexity, Diversity, and the Impact of Alternative Perspectives on Early Childhood Care and Education 617 Susan Grieshaber and Mindy Blaise 28 International Perspectives on Early Childhood Care and Education Policy and Practice 641 Jennifer Sumsion 29 Social Justice and Equity in Early Childhood Education 661 Fikile Nxumalo and Jennifer Keys Adair 30 The Capabilities Approach: A New Perspective on Enduring and Critical Questions 683 Cary A. Buzzelli Index 705