Skills for Preschool Teachers - Softcover

Beaty, Janice J.

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9780131583788: Skills for Preschool Teachers

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ISBN 10: 0131583786 ISBN 13: 9780131583788

Publisher: Pearson, 2007

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For Early Childhood Curriculum and Methods courses.

For over two decades, Skills for Preschool Teachers has prepared teachers, teaching assistants, college students, classroom volunteers, and CDA candidates to work with children three to five years of age in preschools, center-based child care, Head Starts, amd prekindergartens. The skills for working with young children are presented in 13 easily-readable, fact-filled chapters, each of which is based on one of the CDA "functional areas": safe, healthy, learning environment, physical, cognitive, communication, creative, self-concept, social, guidance, family, program management, and professionalism.

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Considered by many to be a classic in the field of early childhood education,Skills for Preschool Teachers has prepared thousands of teachers, teaching assistants, college students, and CDA candidates to work with children 3 to 5 years of age in preschools, center-based child care, and Head Start programs. In addition to providing practical tips and research-based methods for developing teachers, a hallmark of this text is its practical checklists for observing children and the classroom environment.

The skills for working with young children are presented in 13 easily readable, fact-filled chapters, each of which is based on one of the CDA functional areas: safe, healthy, learning environment, physical, cognitive, communication, creative, self-concept, social, guidance, family, program management, and professionalism.

New to This Edition

A discussion of inclusion in each of the chapters
A realistic ethical dilemma presented at the end of every chapter for student discussion
Information concerning healthy food choices, physical activity, and obesity prevention
Problem solving, high-level thinking, brain imaging technologies, and a comparison of Piaget’s and Vygotsky’s theories in Chapter 5, Cognitive
The importance of talk, bilingual activities, young children’s reading and writing behaviors, and new books to motivate reading in Chapter 6, Communication
Expanded discussion of self-concept and the teacher’s behavior management style in Chapter 8, Self-Concept
Creating an emotional tone, setting up an encouraging environment for boys, and new ideas about hitting and biting in Chapter 10, Guidance
Chapter 12, Program Management: rewritten to focus on assessing children’s needs through observing, recording, and interpreting; implementing an emergent curriculum based on needs; and assessing program outcome based on a Learning Center Involvement Checklist
Chapter 13, Professionalism: expanded discussion of DAP, a new discussion of technology and e-learning, NAEYC’s revised Code of Ethical Conduct, and career opportunities
A new observational tool, Teacher Skills Checklist for Infant and Toddler Programs (Appendix B)

About the Author:

Janice J. Beaty, professor emerita, Elmira College, Elmira, New York, is a full-time writer of early childhood college textbooks and a consultant and trainer in early childhood education from her new home in Gulf Breeze, Florida. Some of her textbooks include: Observing Development of the Young Child (6th Ed.), Prosocial Guidance for the Preschool Child, and, most recent, Early Literacy in Preschool and Kindergarten (2nd Ed.) with Dr. Linda Pratt. Dr. Beaty is also involved in an early literacy mentoring program with Foster Grandparents in schools and Head Start centers in central Missouri.

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