Fundamentals of Early Childhood Education (3rd Edition) [Paperback]

George S. Morrison (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0130975125 | ISBN-13: 978-0130975126 | Publication Date: May 8, 2002 | Edition: 3

For Introduction to Early Childhood Education courses. The third edition of this best-selling text has been thoroughly updated to ensure that future teachers of children from birth through age 8 encounter the most current ideas about how children learn, how best to teach them, and how to effectively include their families and their communities in their education. The third edition offers strengthened emphasis on professionalism and professional standards; greater coverage of curriculum; and increased discussion of the diversity of today's classrooms. Plus, it again provides Morrison's trademark trio-comprehensive coverage, inviting format, and appealing writing.

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With a focus on what it means to be an early childhood professional, this new introduction offers a current, up-to-date, readable approach to all of the major topics, programs, and issues at the forefront of the field today. Comprehensive, yet compact, this is a perfect text for 1- or 2-credit courses. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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This textbook by best-selling author George Morrison focuses on the fundamentals of early childhood education for pre-service and in-service early childhood teachers and caregivers.

Exciting new features of the third edition include:

• An increased emphasis on professionalism in early childhood education, including a new professional development checklist with professional development goals related to every chapter and professional development activities at the end of each chapter.
• Professionalism in Practice features spotlight outstanding teachers and caregivers in a variety of early childhood contexts.
• Increased coverage of early childhood curriculum—including expanded curriculum emphases on literacy and reading, math, health, multiculturalism, and guiding behavior.
• A new chapter combining streamlined coverage of history and theories of early childhood education, with increased emphasis on how young children learn and how to relate history and theories to modern educational practices.
• Many new Programs in Action have been added, covering topics such as character education, conflict resolution and violence prevention, family literacy, multiage and bilingual classrooms, early gifted education, health, technology, and more.
• New Technology Tie-In features in every chapter prepare educators for twenty-first century classrooms.
• A Companion Website integrated into the text via margin notes and Companion Website icon alerts readers to valuable online resources and additional learning opportunities.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 3 edition (May 8, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130975125
• ISBN-13: 978-0130975126
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7.7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,046,667 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Second Best Intro Early Childhood Text For Teachers, February 4, 2006

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Reginald Williams (Orangeburg, SC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fundamentals of Early Childhood Education (4th Edition) (Paperback)

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.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Actually enjoyed reading this for class, May 17, 2011

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Sean E. Crenwelge (Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fundamentals of Early Childhood Education (6th Edition) (Paperback)

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!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fundamentals of Early Childhood, April 15, 2009

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This review is from: Fundamentals of Early Childhood Education (Paperback)

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.