The culture of child care : attachment, peers, and quality in diverse communities /

"As societies are experiencing increasing levels of immigration from contexts outside of the Western, industrialized world, child care programs are experiencing, simultaneously, increasing diversity in enrollment. A question that has been raised by early childhood advocates and practitioners is...

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Other Authors: Sanders, Kay E. (Editor), Wishard Guerra, Alison (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Series:Child development in cultural context.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Series; The Culture of Child Care Z; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Editors; Contributors; Part I Laying the Groundwork: Connecting Social-​Cultural Context, Teacher-​Child Attachment, and Peer Relations in Child Care; 1 Children and Child Care: A Theory of Relationships Within Cultural Communities; Part II Quality and Context in an Ethnically Diverse Society; 2 Understanding Child Care Quality and Implications for Dual Language Learners
  • 3 "But Mommy Doesn't Do It Like That": Considering Cultural Congruency Between Home and Child Care in the Development of African American Children4 Where the Children Are: Exploring Quality, Community, and Support for Family, Friend, and Neighbor Child Care; Part III Relationships in Child Care: Beyond Risk and into Resilience; 5 The Fourth "R": Relationships, Shifting from Risk to Resilience; 6 Relationships and Social Trust in Early Childhood Programs: The Importance of Context and Mixed Methods; Part IV Peer Interaction as a Cultural Practice in Early Childhood
  • 7 Young Children's Peer Relations with Cross-​Ethnic Peers: Implications, Limitations, and Future Directions8 Playing Pretend and Ready to Learn: Peer Play as a Scaffold for Development Among Low-​Income Latino Children; 9 The First Peers: Sibling Play Interactions Across African American, Latino, and Asian Childhoods; 10 Preschool Peer Play Interactions, a Developmental Context for Learning for ALL Children: Rethinking Issues of Equity and Opportunity; Part V Methodological Implications for Applied Research on Child Care as a Context for Early Childhood Development
  • 11 Large-​Scale Evaluations of Child Care as a Context for Development: Implications for Research and Practice12 Observation and Interview Methodology in Ethnically Diverse Contexts: Methods and Measurement of the Contexts of Early Childhood Development; Part VI Conclusion and Commentary; 13 Putting the Horse Before the Cart: Why Diversity Must Be at the Forefront of Early Education Policy, and Not Remain a Tagline on the Back of the Policy Wagon; 14 Concluding Commentary: The Long and Winding Road Toward a Culture of Excellence in Early Care and Education; Index