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Related Information & Resources
Early Childhood Education
Resources
Organizations
Publications & Journals
Of Interest to Parents and
Families
From Bing Nursery School
Stanford University
Early Childhood Education
Resources
- The Project Approach Site
describes the Project Approach which, as practiced
in early childhood, elementary, and middle level
education, is an in-depth study of a topic undertaken
by a class, a group of children, or an individual child.
- LEARN@PZ,
LEarning And Resource Network at Project Zero:
Project Zero is an educational research group at
the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Project Zero's
mission is to understand and enhance learning, thinking,
and creativity in the arts and other disciplines for individuals
and institutions.
- The
Innovative Teacher Project at Mills College is inspired
by the Hundred Languages of Children Exhibit from Reggio
Emilia, Italy. The Program is designed for educators in
early childhood education who are interested in
developing a deeper understanding of the Reggio
Emilia approach and issues related to this approach in the
United States.
Organizations
- ACEI,
The Association for Childhood Education International,
focuses on children from infancy to early adolescence. ACEI
shares a dual commitment to the fulfillment of
every child's potential and to the professional development
of teachers with journals, publications, conferences and
workshops.
- NACCP, The
National Association of Child Care Professionals,
is an organization for child care directors, owners
and administrators; its goal is to enhance and strengthen
the credibility of the people who lead this industry by
providing professional support services and membership benefits.
- NAEYC Academy
for Early Childhood Program Accreditation, a division
of NAEYC, administers a national, voluntary, professionally
sponsored accreditation system for all types of preschools,
kindergartens, child care centers, and school-age
child care programs.
- NAEYC,
The National Association for the Education of Young
Children, is the nation's largest organization of early
childhood professionals and others dedicated to improving
the quality of early childhood education programs for children
birth through age eight.
- NCCIC,
The National Child Care Information Center, has
been established to complement, enhance and promote child
care linkages and to serve as a mechanism for supporting
quality, comprehensive services for children and families.
- NIECDE,
The National Institute on Early Childhood
Development and Education, is funded by the Office of
Educational Research and Improvement at the U.S. Department
of Education. It is committed to improving the development
and learning of young children from birth to age eight by
sponsoring comprehensive and challenging
research.
- NIECPD,
The National Institute for Early Childhood
Professional Development, a division of NAEYC,
was established to improve early childhood program quality
through the improvement of professional preparation and training
provided for individuals who care for and educate
children, birth through age eight.
- NALS,
The International Association of Laboratory and University Affiliated Schools,
was created in order to support and encourage a network
system among professionals working in lab schools on college
and university campuses.
Publications & Journals
- Child
Development is devoted to original contributions
on topics in child development from the fetal period through
adolescence. It is a vital source of information not only
for researchers and theoreticians, but for child
psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, psychiatric
social workers, specialists in early childhood education,
educational psychologists, special education teachers, and
other researchers in the field.
- Child
Development Abstracts & Bibliography is a source
for references to the current literature related to the
growth and development of children. The journal publishes
abstracts and book reviews of research literature selected
from about 275 English and foreign language journals,
technical reports, and books that cover education
and the biomedical and behavioral sciences.
- Developmental
Psychology publishes articles that advance
knowledge and theory about human development across
the life span. The journal includes significant empirical
contributions to the study of growth and development and,
occasionally, scholarly reviews, theoretical articles, and
social policy papers.
- Early
Childhood Research Quarterly includes articles presenting
significant research and scholarship on all topics related
to the care and education of children from birth through
8 years. Articles reflect the interdisciplinary nature of
the field and of the NAEYC, a professional
organization with over 90,000 members.
- ERIC/EECE
Publications: In support of its dissemination
and question-answering activities, ERIC/EECE
produces several types of publications, many of which
are free of charge. Among the sale publications are books
and ReadySearches.
- Harvard
Education Publishing Group publishes two
education publications:
- Monographs
of the Society for Research in Childhood Development
presents in-depth research studies and significant findings
in child development and its related disciplines. Each
issue consists of a single study or a group of
papers on a single theme, accompanied usually by commentary
and discussion.
- Young
Children, a publication of NAEYC, is
a peer-reviewed journal featuring the latest in
early childhood research, theory and practice.
Of Interest to Parents
and Families
- The American
Academy of Pediatrics is committed to the
attainment of optimal phsical, mental, and social health
for all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.
- The Children's
Literature Web Guide is an attempt to gather together
and categorize the growing number of Internet resources
related to books for Children and Young Adults.
- NAEYC
Resources for Parents presents important
information for parents and families of children from
birth through 8 years.
- National
Parent Information Network is a project sponsored
the ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education and the
ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early
Childhood Education The purpose of NPIN is to provide
information to parents and those who work with
parents and to foster the exchange of parenting materials.
From Bing Nursery School
- NPR's
April 8, 1997 Talk of the Nation: A study by the
Institute of Child Health and Human Development finds that
children in quality day care programs can learn to think and
talk just as well as those cared for by their mothers
at home. The study concludes that home life, not
day care, has more of an impact on children. Jeanne Lepper,
Director of Bing Nursery School & Lecturer in the Stanford
Department of Psychology, takes part in this discussion.
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