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Fundamentals of Early Childhood Education

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After Jo Ann Brewer's superb INTRODUCTION TO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION textbook, I would get this resource to keep me up-to-date on the foundational knowledge that stands as essential for early childhood professionals. Even though it lacks a chapter exclusively devoted to the all-important role of play in early childhood education, the absence of such a discussion leaves the learner with a more neutral reference point from which to decide his position on whether or not to align with a play-based curricular philosophy

Morrison presents a starkly realistic and contemporary overview of the field with an outstandingly streamlined overview of Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development (where he keeps a keen and faithful eye on expressing the ideas from Piaget/Inhelder's THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE CHILD).

After getting the Brewer text and Morrison, you should need no other book of this type. Please try Feeney, Christensen, & Moravcik's WHO AM I IN THE LIVES OF CHILDREN if you need one more excellent text.

I am an Interdisciplinary Studies, Education, Major currently and I was required to purchase this book. I bought it off of Amazon which was a great price and got here in a timely manner. I am 20 years old, and I really can say I actually enjoyed reading this textbook. I didn't find it a hard read like many other textbooks. It had a lot of great information, from the various people who contributed to Education, to the Theories, helpful tips and hints, and just a bunch of great stuff that was worth taking notes on. I really would have liked to keep this, but because I am a college student my campus was buying back the book and I needed the money! I highlighted all over the place in this book and took notes from every single chapter. Throught the textbook there are personal stories as well as "Technology Tie-Ins" that gives you tips on how to become up to date with the technology of today and how you can integrate that into your classroom. Some of the words they marked as vocabulary I found to be common sense, but other than that the vocabulary was great. It is neatly displayed in the outside margins on the pages which I liked very much so I could actually read the definition in the chapter and didn't have to go search for it in the back of the book. The print size was nice, didn't find it hard to read. It was neatly put together, just a great textbook I think. Any Early Childhood teacher or teacher in training should get this book! It was very informative and had lots of great tips on things to do in the classroom and how to include parents, the community, and your students. I also liked how it said that the focus in school is a lot on the standardized tests (which I don't agree on) but that if you are a great teacher, you will FIND ways to make learning fun and also relevant!

This was an exquisite textbook! I LOVE all the online links and videos. It is full of great information and links to all kinds of extra info. I recommend this textbook! Wonderful! I will be keeping this one.

Book was in good condition. I saved a ton of money by purchasing it through Amazon. Thanks!

If you're looking to read about early childhood and education this is the book for you! However.....it can become a bit dragging on just like any other textbook.

The book was a text I purchased for a class. It came promptly and in great condition. I am pleased with the service I received.

The item was still sealed and brand new! Exactly what I needed at a great price! Excellent shipping