Understanding research in early education
Subtitle: the relevance for the future of lessons from the past
By: Margaret M. Clark.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
Subjects: Early childhood education -- Great Britain -- Evaluation; Reading (Early childhood) -- Great Britain -- Evaluation; Children with disabilities -- Education -- Great Britain -- Evaluation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The language of young children: perceptions in 1970s and their continuing relevance; title: Research evidence on language and the homes of young children: looking back and looking forward; title: Studies in preschool units: researches in 1970s and 1980s set in context; title: Studies of preschool education in Scotland: lessons from the past; title: Language and interaction in preschool units: looking back and looking forward; title: Research studies on transition and continuity in early education: lessons from the past; title: Communication in the early education of children from different ethnic backgrounds: part 1 of a DES funded study; title: Reception classrooms as contexts for learning: part 2 of a DES funded study; title: Reading and learning to read; title: Young fluent readers and children with difficulties: two contrasting research approaches; title: Better beginnings.