Scientific Influences on Early Childhood Education offers a new framework for examining the diverse scientific perspectives that shape early childhood education
How we raise young children is one of today's most highly personalized and sharply politicized issues, in part because each of us can claim some level of "exper
Children are already learning at birth, and they develop and learn at a rapid pace in their early years. This provides a critical foundation for lifelong progre
Clearly babies come into the world remarkably receptive to its wonders. Their alertness to sights, sounds, and even abstract concepts makes them inquisitive exp
What is science for a child? How do children learn about science and how to do science? Drawing on a vast array of work from neuroscience to classroom observati