Description
Book SynopsisThe Hidden History of Early Childhood Education provides an understandable and manageable exploration of the history of early childhood education in the United States. Covering historical, philosophical, and sociological underpinnings that reach from the 1800s to today, contributors explore groups and topics that have traditionally been marginalized or ignored in early childhood education literature. Chapters include topics such as home-schooling, early childhood education in Japanese-American internment camps, James Jimmy Hymes, the Eisenhower legacy, Constance Kamii, and African-American leaders of the field. This engaging book examines a range of new primary sources to be shared with the field for the first time, including personal narratives, interviews, and letters. The Hidden History of Early Childhood Education is a valuable resource for every early childhood education scholar, student, and practitioner.
Trade Review"The various contributions here offer glimpses of the interesting and uneven history of early childhood education...A constant theme is the ongoing stuggle of early childhood educators to gain respect for young children's abilities to construct knowledge from their own interests and interaction with materials. Re- visioning what education can be and who children are as learners is the challenge. Summing up: Recommended."— S. Sugarman, Emerita, Bennington College, Vermont State Colleges, for CHOICE, December 2013
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
Blythe Farb Hinitz
Contributors
Introduction
Part I: Glimpses of Past Practice
Chapter 2: The Light Within: Glimpses into the Lives and Education of Young Quaker Children (1820-1860)
Chapter 3: A History of Homeschooling and Memories of Kindergarten in 1942-1943
Chapter 4: The Internment and Education of Japanese-American Nursery School Children During World War II: Antecedents and Understanding
Chapter 5: A Memoir of an Exemplary Education
Chapter 6: Early Care and Education in the 1950s: The Thorny Path When Public Issues Confront Passionately-Held Beliefs
Part II: Portraits of Early Childhood Education Leaders
Chapter 7: Selected African-American Pioneers of Early Childhood Education
Chapter 8: Patty Smith Hill and the Case Study of Betty Kirby
Chapter 9: The Impact of Margaret Naumburg and Walden School on Early Childhood Education in the United States
Chapter 10: Child Champion, Professionals’ Mentor, Hothead— Substance of a ‘Giant in the Field’
Chapter 11: Playing with Numbers: Constance Kamii and Reinventing Arithmetic in Early Childhood Education
Conclusion
Appendix A: How the Early Childhood Field Has Honored Its History: NAEYC History Seminar and Our Proud Heritage
