Teaching Young Children In Multicultural Classroom - Softcover

De Melendez, Wilma Robles; Beck, Vesna

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1111837147 ISBN 13: 9781111837143

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 1980

Synopsis

This comprehensive text/professional book on historical, theoretical, political, and sociological aspects of multicultural education as it relates to young children offers practical guidelines, curriculum ideas, and techniques for use in classrooms.

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Review:

"[The book is] well organized, easy to locate specific information in, and very thorough. I like the connections that are made to history, actual real world events, and experiences."

"I think the authors did a great job. The text covers most of the concepts needed to be taught and it also provides a lot of strategies."

-I think the authors did a great job. The text covers most of the concepts needed to be taught and it also provides a lot of strategies.-

-[The book is] well organized, easy to locate specific information in, and very thorough. I like the connections that are made to history, actual real world events, and experiences.-

About the Author:

Wilma Robles de Melendez, Ph.D., is an associate professor of early childhood education at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She has over two decades of experience in the field of early childhood and is a specialist in multicultural education issues and practices. An active member of state and national early childhood associations, she has written and published several articles in education journals as well as another text with Vesna (Ostertag) Beck for Delmar Learning: TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES IN EARLY EDUCATION. Vesna Beck, Ed.D., was a university administrator and professor at the community college and university levels for over 40 years. During her 24-year tenure at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, she was the administrator of the doctoral program in organizational leadership and professor in the Master of Science in early childhood education where she taught research and assessment courses. Vesna's partnership with Wilma, that began more than two decades ago, resulted in two books, many workshops, conference presentations, teacher training, and journal publications. Vesna is the co-author (with Wilma Robles de Melendez) of TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES IN EARLY EDUCATION.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 1111837147
• ISBN 13: 9781111837143
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 464