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Contemporary Perspectives on Literacy in Early Childhood Education
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Product Description
This volume on literacy in early childhood education covers topics such as: teachers' roles in promoting literacy-related play; hypermediating literacy activity; creating opportunities for discourse; bridging home and school literacy; and engaging children in the appropriation of literacy.
Product Details
- Published on: 2003-01-01
- Original language: English
- Binding: Hardcover
- 188 pages
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About the Author
Bernard Spodek is Professor Emeritus of Early Childhood Education at the University of Illinois. He received his doctorate from Teachers College, Columbia University. His research and scholarly interests are in the areas of curriculum, teaching, and teacher education in early childhood education. He has written and edited 31 books, 48 chapters in books, and 67 scholarly articles. Dr. Spodek's most recent books are Multiple Perspectives on Play in Early Childhood Education, with Olivia Saracho (SUNY Press), Issues in early Childhood Educational Research (Teachers College Press), with Olivia Saracho and Anthony Pellegrini and the Handbook of Research on the Education of Young Children (Macmillan). Dr. Spodek has been president of the Nat0ional Association for the Education of Young Children (1976-78) and is currently president of the Pacific Early Childhood Education Research Association.
