Part I: INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1: History of Early Childhood Education in Multicultural Perspective
Blyth F. Hinitz, College of New Jersey
Chapter 2: The Program for Infant/Toddler Care
J. Ronald Lally and Peter L. Mangione,
WestEd, San Francisco, California
Chapter 3 The Head Start Program
Douglas R. Powell, Purdue University
Chapter 4 Home Visiting Programs
Barbara Hanna Wasik, Adrienne Villagomez, Sheena Berry, and Priya Mulholkar,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Part II: CORE THEMES
Chapter 5 Including Everyone: A Model Preschool Program for Children with and Without Disabilities
David Smukler, State University of New York at Cortland
Ellen Barnes, Jowonio School, Syracuse, New York
Chapter 6 More Than the Sum of Its Parts: Creating Multicultural and Linguistically Responsive Early Childhood Classrooms
Aisha Ray and Luisiana Melendez. Erikson Institute
Chapter 7 Early Prevention Initiatives
Karen L. Bierman, Celene Domitrovich, and Harriet Darling,
The Pennsylvania State University
Chapter 8 Assessment for Learning in the Early Childhood Classroom,
Jie-Qi Chen and Gillian McNamee, Erikson Institute
Part III: SPECIFIC APPROACHES—UNITED STATES
Chapter 9 Creative Curriculum
Diane T. Dodge, Cate Heroman, and Kai-lee Berke, Teaching Strategies, Inc.
Chapter 10 The High/Scope Model of Early Childhood Education
Lawrence J. Schweinhart and David P. Weikart (deceased)
High/Scope Educational Research Foundation, Ypsilanti, Michigan
Chapter 11 Tools of the Mind: The Vygotskian Approach to Early Childhood Education
Elena Bodrova, Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning
Deborah J. Leong, Metro State College
Chapter 12 The Developmental-Interaction Approach at Bank Street College of Education
Harriet K. Cuffaro and Nancy Nager, Bank Street College of Education
Chapter 13 The Project Approach: An Overview
Lilian G. Katz, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Sylvia C. Chard, University of Alberta, Canada
Part IV: SPECIFIC APPROACHES—EUROPE
Chapter 14 The Piramide Method
Jef J. van Kuyk, CITO Corporation, Arnhem, The Netherlands
Chapter 15 Reggio Emilia in the 21st Century: Enduring Commitments Amid New Challenges
Rebecca S. New, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Rebecca Kantor, University of Colorado-Denver
Chapter 16 Montessori Education Today
Martha Torrence, Cambridge Montessori School
John Chattin-McNichols, Seattle University
Chapter 17 The Waldorf Approach to Early Childhood Education
Christy L. Williams, Fairbrook First Steps Christian Preschool
James E. Johnson, The Pennsylvania State University