Readings From Childhood Education, Volume 2

Spanning two decades, the articles in this volume are grouped under five major topics: The Child, The Child's World, The School, The Profession, and The Future. Readers will appreciate the timeless quality of this outstanding collection of journal articles. James Quisenberry, E. Anne Eddowes, and Sandra L. Robinson, Editors. 1991. 392 pp.
ISBN-13 978-0-87173-121-0

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Forward by James D. Quisenberry

Dedication: Patty Smith Hill

Gifts from Childhood's Godmother: Patt Smith Hill by Mary Anne Fowlkes

SECTION 1: THE CHILD
Introduction
Child Development
The Psychology of Intelligence and Education by Jean Piaget
Creativity and Intelligence by Kent E. Myers
Who's Kidding? by Ethelouise Carpenter
The Peer Culture as a Learning Environment by Peggy Lippitt and Ronald Lippitt
Litearture's Role in Language Development by Charlotte S. Huck
The Strange Case of the New Mathematics by Robert B. Davis
Fighting Against Convergent Thinking: Using the Micro as a Weapon by Sherwin A. Steffin
Things the Teachers Did Not Say by Connie Hall Stockard
The Legal Rights of Children by Monrad G. Paulsen
Understanding the Black Child by Doxey A. Wilkerson
Promoting Peer Acceptance of the Newly Immigrated Child by Mary Renck Jalongo

Early Childhood
Reality in Learning by Katharine Taylor
Clues to Children's Identity by Lawrence K. Frank
Conflict as Viewed by Children by Mary B. Lane
Challenging Language Experiences: The Project Approach vs. Rreeling and Writhing" by Shirley Koeller
The Spanish-speaking Five-year-old by Betty L. Broman
The Hidden Dimensions of Art by Bruce Klein
Concerned Citizens in the Making by Janice J. Volkers

Middle and Later Childhood
A Tehacher Looks at an Intermediate Grade by Irene E. Harney
When Fifth-and Sixth-graders Think: Some Techniques for Developing Thinking by Gabriel H. L. Jacobs
Enjoying Preadolescence: The Forgotten Years by Lois Barclay Murphy
Wisdon-based Junior High School Teaching by Robert L. K. Richardson

SECTION 2: THE CHILD'S WORLD
Introduction by E. Anne Eddowes
Learning from Each Other by Earl S. Schaefer
Changing Roles for Women and Men by DeeDee Janeson and Armin Grams
Families, Mass Communications and the Marketplace by Gladys Gardner Jenkins
What Teachers Should Know About Stepfamilies by Marilyn Coleman, Lawrence H Ganong and Jane Henry
When Parents of Kindergartners Ask "Why?" by Barbara Simmons and JoAnn Brewer
Involving Parents in Children's Learning by Elizabeth Jones
The Community-Centered School by Ernest O. Melby
The Network of Illusions: Citizen Participation in the Schools by Don Davies
Business an Industry as Facilitators of Community Life by Kevin J. Swick
The American Playground Movement by Joe L. Frost
to Soar with the Eagles: Enculturation and Acculturation of Indian Children by Lee Little Soldier
Bridging Cultures and Peoples by Wilson Riles
Public Policy: For or Against Children and Families? An International Perspective by Margaret G. Weiser
Let's Join Hands for Human Understanding by Thomasyne Lightfoote Wilson

SECTION 3: THE SCHOOL
Introduction by E. Anne Eddowes
Very Early Childhood education for Infants and Toddlers by Christine Z. Cataldo
Approaches to Qyality in Early Childhood Programs by Elizabeth Prescott
Will Head Start Be A False Start? by Anne L. Butler
Public Education for Four-year-olds: "To Be or Not To Be" by Madeline Hunter
Friedrich Froebel 1782-1982: A Reexamination of Froebel's Principles of Childhood Learning by Molly Kayes Ransbury
The World House: Building a Qualitative Environment for All the World's Children by Alice Miel
This Day's Child in School by Dorothy Cohen
Reexamining REadiness by Anton Brenner
Humanizing the Curriculum by David Elkind
The Child: Consumer or Consumer? by Lilian G. Katz
End the Other Abuse: Damaged Self-Concepts by Eric V. Strickland and Kenneth C. Campbell
Silent Messages by Patrick W. Miller
Why Group? by M. John Rand and Franklyn O. Taylor
The Silent Teacher: The Workbook by George C. Harlow
Educating Both Halves of the Brain by David Galin, M.D.
Creative Learning Environments for the Middle School by Robert S. Jones and C. Kenneth McEwin
Love and Sex: Can We Talk About That in School? by Paul C. Vance
Testing, Testing and More Testing by Vito Perrone

SECTION 4: THE PROFESSION
Introduction by Sandra L. Robinson
Do Teachers Make a Difference: by Annabel A. Bixby
Sylvia Ashton-Warner's Message for American Teachers by Bill Cole Cliett
Growing Teachers: Is There Life After Pac-Man? by Selma Wassermann
The Meaning of Teaching by Leland B. Jacobs
Some Undebatables in Teaching Children by C. W. Hunnicutt
Expanding Roots by Marian Wright Edelman
The Roots of Growth by Agnes Snyder
The Greatest Givt by Leslie J. Chamberlin
Building Bridges for Children by James L. Hymes, Jr.
Ring Around the Sheepsking by Art Buchwald
Uniqueness and Universality by Margaret Mead

SECTION 4: THE FUTURE
Introduction by Sandra L. Robinson
Bring Back the Fundamentals: Comment by Rober S. Thurman
Looking at the Future from 1984 by Norman Henchey
Early Childhood Education: Issues for a New Decade by Marce Verzaro-Lawarence
Frontiers of Challenge: Association for Childhood Education International 1985 by Sue C. Wortham
Ecological Balance by Stewart L. Udal
Private Education by Robert L. Smith
Becoming Planetary Citizens: A Quest for Meaning by Chester M. Pierce
Education Children for Lifelong Learning and a Learning Society by Louise M Berman
Nurturing Our Roots by Ira J. Gordon
A City for Children: The Year 2005 by Warner Bloomberg, Jr.
Childhood: Can It be Preserved? An Interview with Neil Postman by Sandra L. Robinson

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