Preschool Education in Today's World: Teaching Children with Diverse Backgrounds and Abilities

By Linda Espinosa, Richard T. Johnson, M. Susan Burns, et al.

Future early childhood educators need to know how to teach all young learners effectively, including children with diverse cultural, linguistic, and economic backgrounds and children with special needs. This core textbook equips childhood educators with the knowledge they'll need to succeed in te classroom and ensure the best outcomes for young children. M. Susan Burns, co-editor of the National Research Council's seminal Eager to Learn report, partnered with two other respected ECE experts to develop a highly accessible text that's perfectly in tune with the realities of today's diverse classrooms. ideal for teaching the basics of early childhood education for undergraduate and communitiy college students, this textbook is everything future educators need. The textbook is field tested, focussed soley on preschool settings and the teaching strategies most effective for that specific age group; inclusive, so teachers can skillfully meet the needs of the diverse students they're sure to encounter in their classrooms; student friendly; concise and clear, compreand comprehensive.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1598571958
• ISBN13: 9781598571950
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Brookes Publishing Company
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.1" x 10.1"