A Matter of Trust: Connecting Teachers and Learners in the Early Childhood Classroom (Early Childhood Education): 84 (Early Childhood Education Series) - Softcover

Carollee Howes; Sharon Ritchie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807742643 ISBN 13: 9780807742648

Publisher: Teachers College Press, 2002

Synopsis

The authors draw on their experiences as a developmental psychologist and as a teacher educator to provide ways for teachers to create positive child-teacher relationships and classroom climates. This forward-looking volume applies attachment theory to child-teacher relationships...explores strategies that teachers can use to foster positive student behavior...provides narrative examples from early childhood classrooms serving primarily low-income children of color...and uses stories from exemplary classrooms as well as those in which teachers are struggling with relationships.

About this title

Review:

A thought-provoking and potentially life-altering book. - Sally Lubeck, School of Education, The University of Michigan

About the Author:

Carollee Howes is a nationally and internationally recognized Developmental Psychologist. She currently teaches in the Applied Developmental Ph.D. Program in the UCLA Department of Education. Sharon Ritchie has been in the field of education for 25 years. She is engaged in ongoing studies of quality and practice in early childhood classrooms throughout the nation.

About this edition

• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0807742643
• ISBN 13: 9780807742648
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192