Major trends and issues in early childhood education : challenges, controversies, and insights / edited by Joan Packer Isenberg, Mary Renck Jalongo ; foreword by Sue Bredekamp.
Development issues affecting children / C. Stephen White and Joan Packer Isenberg -- Young children's affirmation of differences: curriculum that is multicultural and developmentally appropriate / Edwina Battle Vold -- Perspectives on inclusion in early childhood education / Doris Bergen -- Working with families of young children / Kevin J. Swick -- Developmental appropriateness: new contexts and challenges / Shirley C. Raines and John M. Johnston -- Assessing and reporting young children's progress: a review of the issues / Sue C. Wortham -- Shaking the very foundations of emergent literacy: book reading versus phonemic awareness / Lea M. McGee -- Sensitivity to the social and cultural contexts of the play of young children / Fergus Hughes -- Educational technology in the early and primary years / Sudha Swaminathan and June L. Wright -- Counting the cost of caring: intended and unintended consequences of early childhood policies / Frances O'Connell Rust -- Global education: Why and when to teach it? / Louise Boyle Swiniarski -- The professional and social status of the early childhood educator / Doris Pronin Fromberg.