| Description |
viii, 215 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Childhood in America
|
|
Childhood in America.
|
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Sharna Olfman -- I: The power of play in early childhood education -- 1. The vital role of play in early childhood education / Joan Almon -- 2. The role for play in the preschool curriculum / Dorothy G. Singer, Jerome L. Singer, Sharon L. Plaskon, and Amanda E. Schweder -- 3. Early childhood education: lessons from Europe / Christopher Clouder -- II: Wired classrooms/wired brains -- 4. Cybertots: technology and the preschool child / Jane M. Healy -- 5. Handmade minds in the digital age / Frank R. Wilson -- III: Building blocks of intellectual development: emotion and imagination -- 6. Imagination and the growth of the human mind / Jeffrey Kane and Heather Carpenter -- 7. The vital role of emotion in education / Stuart Shanker -- IV: A mental health crisis among our children: the rise of technologies and demise of play -- 8. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children: one consequence of the rise of technologies and demise of play? / Thomas Armstrong -- 9. Play and the transformation of feeling: Niki's case / Eva-Maria Simms -- 10. Pathogenic trends in early childhood education / Sharna Olfman. |
| Subject |
Early childhood education -- United States -- Philosophy.
|
|
Early childhood education. |
|
United States. |
|
Philosophy. |
|
Child development.
|
|
Child development. |
|
Learning.
|
|
Learning. |
| Added Author |
Olfman, Sharna.
|
| ISBN |
0275977684 alkaline paper |
|
