Effective Early Education: Cross-Cultural Perspectives

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Series Editor’s Preface vii
• Acknowledgments ix
• Chapter One - Enhancing Educational Opportunities for Young Children 3
• References 14
• Part 1 - Culture, Context, and Development: Theoretical Issues 17
• Chapter Two - Culture-Behavior Relationships 19
• Chapter Three - Theoretical Conceptions of Human Development 41
• Chapter Four - From Parents’ Cultural Belief Systems to Behavior 67
• References 87
• Chapter Five - Context and Cognition in Early Childhood Education 91
• Chapter Six - Modifiability of Cognitive Components 117
• Part 2 - Development and Literacy in Cultural Context: Empirical Issues 139
• Chapter Seven - Facilitating Language Development Promotes Literacy Learning 141
• Chapter Eight - Home and School Literacy in a Multicultural Society 163

• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Series Editor’s Preface vii
• Acknowledgments ix
• Chapter One - Enhancing Educational Opportunities for Young Children 3
• References 14
• Part 1 - Culture, Context, and Development: Theoretical Issues 17
• Chapter Two - Culture-Behavior Relationships 19
• Chapter Three - Theoretical Conceptions of Human Development 41
• Chapter Four - From Parents’ Cultural Belief Systems to Behavior 67
• References 87
• Chapter Five - Context and Cognition in Early Childhood Education 91
• Chapter Six - Modifiability of Cognitive Components 117
• Part 2 - Development and Literacy in Cultural Context: Empirical Issues 139
• Chapter Seven - Facilitating Language Development Promotes Literacy Learning 141
• Chapter Eight - Home and School Literacy in a Multicultural Society 163
• Chapter Nine - Parenting in Poverty: Young Children and Their Families in South Africa 191
• References 207
• Chapter Ten - Literacy and Schooling in a Multilingual Society 213
• References 229
• Part 3 - Strategies of Early Educational Intervention: Cross-Cultural Perspectives 233
• Chapter Eleven - Empowering Parents and Children: The Case of the Turkish Early Enrichment Project 235
• Chapter Twelve - The Dutch Experience with the Home Intervention Program for Preschool Youngsters (Hippy) 259
• Chapter Thirteen - Integrated Early Childhood Development: The Indian Experience 287
• Chapter Fourteen - Success for All: Effects of Prevention and Early Intervention on Elementary Students’ Reading 305
• References 330
• Index 333