{"product_id":"the-hidden-history-of-early-childhood-education-9780415892797","title":"The Hidden History of Early Childhood Education","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Hidden History of Early Childhood Education\u003c\/em\u003e 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. \u003cem\u003eThe Hidden History of Early Childhood Education\u003c\/em\u003e is a valuable resource for every early childhood education scholar, student, and practitioner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"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.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e— S. Sugarman, Emerita, Bennington College, Vermont State Colleges, for \u003cem\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/em\u003e, December 2013\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Blythe Farb Hinitz\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart I: Glimpses of Past Practice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: The Light Within: Glimpses into the Lives and Education of Young Quaker Children (1820-1860)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: A History of Homeschooling and Memories of Kindergarten in 1942-1943\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: The Internment and Education of Japanese-American Nursery School Children During World War II: Antecedents and Understanding\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: A Memoir of an Exemplary Education\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Early Care and Education in the 1950s: The Thorny Path When Public Issues Confront Passionately-Held Beliefs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart II: Portraits of Early Childhood Education Leaders\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Selected African-American Pioneers of Early Childhood Education\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Patty Smith Hill and the Case Study of Betty Kirby\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9: The Impact of Margaret Naumburg and Walden School on Early Childhood Education in the United States \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10: Child Champion, Professionals’ Mentor, Hothead— Substance of a ‘Giant in the Field’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 11: Playing with Numbers: Constance Kamii and Reinventing Arithmetic in Early Childhood Education\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAppendix A: How the Early Childhood Field Has Honored Its History: NAEYC History Seminar and Our Proud Heritage\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018213884247,"sku":"9780415892797","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415892797.jpg?v=1750776034","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-hidden-history-of-early-childhood-education-9780415892797","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}