ED380232 PS023117
Title: Talks with Teachers of Young Children: A Collection.
Author(s): Katz, Lilian G.
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 1995
ISBN: 1-56750-177-X
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Availability: Ablex Publishing Corporation, 355 Chestnut Street, Norwood,
NJ 07648 (cloth: ISBN-1-56750-176-1, $45; paper: ISBN-1-56750-177-X,
$24.50).
Language: English
Document Type: Book (010); Collected works--General (020); Opinion
papers (120)
Geographic Source: U.S.; Illinois
Journal Announcement: RIEJUL1995
Expanding
on previous collections, this book compiles 16 essays on pedagogical
and child development issues stimulated by interaction with teachers,
child caregivers, and early childhood teacher educators during the
preceding 20 years. The essays were written in response and reaction
to particular educational events or contexts that were especially
provocative; these circumstances are described in introductions
to each of the essays. The essays are divided into two parts: those
in the first part address the developmental aspects of young children
and their disposition for learning; those in the second section
cover specific issues of teaching young children and of early childhood
education as a professional field. The 16 essays are: (1) "What
is Basic for Young Children?"; (2) "Distinctions between
Self-Esteem and Narcissism:
Implications for Practice"; (3) "Dispositions: Definitions
and Implications for Early Childhood Practice"; (4) "Assessing
the Development of Preschoolers"; (5) "Condition with
Caution"; (6) "Education or Excitement?"; (7) "Pedagogical
Issues in Early Childhood Education"; (8) "Five Perspectives
on the Quality of Early Childhood Programs"; (9) "Teachers
in Preschools: Problems and Prospects"; (10) "Mothering
and Teaching: Some Significant Distinctions"; (11) "The
Professional Preschool Teacher"; (12) "The Developmental
Stages of Teachers"; (13) "Early Childhood Programs and
Ideological Disputes"; (14) "The Nature of Professions:
Where is Early Childhood Education?"; (15) "Ethical Issues
in Working with Young Children"; and (16) "Helping Others
with Their Teaching." Contains an author and a subject index.
(HTH)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification; Child Behavior; Child Caregivers;
*Child Development; Child Rearing; Childhood Needs; Classroom Environment;
Developmental Stages; *Early Childhood Education; Personality; Preschool
Teachers; Self Esteem; Student Evaluation; Teaching Methods; *Teaching
(Occupation); Theory Practice Relationship
Identifiers: Developmental Assessment; Developmentally Appropriate
Programs; Katz (Lilian G); Quality Indicators
