ED393560 PS023998
Title: Meeting the Challenge of Linguistic and Cultural Diversity
in Early Childhood Education. Yearbook in Early Childhood Education
Series, Volume 6.
Author(s): Garcia, Eugene E., Ed.; And Others
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 1995
ISBN: 0-8077-3466-7
Available from: Document Not Available from EDRS.
Availability: Teachers College Press, Distribution, P.O. Box 20, Williston,
VT 05495-0020 (clothbound, $54--ISBN-0-8077-3467-5; paperback, $25.95--ISBN-0-8077-3466-7).
Language: English
Document Type: Collected works--General (020); Information Analysis
(070); Reports--Descriptive (141)
Geographic Source: U.S.; New York
Journal Announcement: RIEAUG1996
Geared toward
early childhood educators, reading and writing teachers, bilingual
and English as a Second Language teachers, and to courses in these
fields, this yearbook examines the issues of linguistic and cultural
diversity in early childhood programs. Following an introduction
(Eugene Garcia and Barry McLaughlin) on the cultural context addressed
by the yearbook, the chapters are: (1) "Meeting the Needs of
Young Second Language Learners" (Rachel Grant); (2) "Language
Development in Bilingual Preschool Children" (Fred Genesee
and Elena Nicoladis); (3) "The Carpinteria Preschool Program:
A Long-Term Effects Study" (S. Jim Campos); (4) "Assessment
of Bilingual Children: A Dilemma Seeking Solutions (Celia Genishi
and Margaret Borrego Brainard); (5) "Mexican-American War:
The Next Generation" (Howard L. Smith and Paul E. Heckman),
a discussion of an elementary school playground fight which becomes
emblematic of the clashes between Spanish-dominant and English-dominant
children; (6) "Socialization and the Development of Cooperative,
Competitive, and Individualistic Behaviors among Mexican American
Children" (George P. Knight and others); (7) "Diverse
Families" (Francisco A. Villarruel and others); (8) "Family
Support: Diversity, Disability, and Delivery" (Karen Shu-Minutoli);
(9) "Role of Parents in Responding to Issues of Linguistic
and Cultural Diversity" (Patricia A. Edwards and others); (10)
"Preparing Teachers for Early Childhood Programs of Linguistic
and Cultural Diversity" (Olivia N. Saracho and Bernard Spodek);
and (11) "The Future Challenge of Linguistic and Cultural Diversity
in the Schools" (Olivia N. Saracho and Bernard Spodek). (AJH)
Descriptors: *Bilingualism; Child Development; *Cultural Differences;
Cultural Pluralism; *Early Childhood Education; *English (Second
Language); Ethnicity; *Multicultural Education; Multilingualism;
Parent Participation; Teacher Education
Identifiers: *Diversity (Student)
