Curriculum Models and Early Childhood Education: Appraising the Relationship

By Stacie G. Goffin

Book Overview

This thoroughly up-to-date and completely accessible book uses a socio-historical perspective to examine the major curriculum models of early childhood education. It examines the approaches of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0130878219
• ISBN13: 9780130878212
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Pearson
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

All The Curriculums That You Know And Some You Don't

We know plenty about High/Scope, Montessori, Head Start, and Reggio Emilia,... ...but how much do we really know about Bank Street or DISTAR or Kamii/Devrie's curriculum or the project approach? We can claim some understanding, but this book fleshes out these curriculum like I never seen before. Not only do we see the practical side, but also we see the historical and pedagogical side. A microminor drawback is the lack of many pictures. This book is so wonderful, though, that it still requires a 5.