Culture and child development in early childhood programs : practices for quality education and care
(Book - Regular Print)

Foreword / Louise Derman-Sparks -- 1. Overview -- Building a new conceptual framework for studying children's experiences within ECE Programs -- Cultural communities and practices -- The research team -- The kaleidoscope: examining both individual child development and participation in a cultural community --

pt. I. Seeing ECE programs through a kaleidoscope: lenses and descriptions -- 2. Multiple lenses and elements -- Analyzing contextual influences: kaleidoscopes and circles -- Cultural shaping of early childhood practices -- Describing Early Childhood Programs -- 3. Quality and school readiness : promises, controversies, and definitions -- Defining quality by selecting and assessing ECE Programs -- School success: "What is a prepared child?" -- Children participating in the Longitudinal Study -- 4. How they did things : practices, activities, and activities embedded in practices -- Practices directly influencing children's experiences in classrooms -- Practices indirectly influencing children's experiences in the classroom -- Children and teachers involved in activities and interaction -- Teacher engagement with children and activities embedded within practices -- 5. ECE programs nested within larger cultural communities -- Cultural community, race, and ethnicity -- Focus on practices --

pt. II. ECE Programs within cultural communities

6. Los Angeles early childhood programs within the African American community

Focus on the larger cultural community

Focus on practices

Focus on the interpersonal

Focus on the children

7. Early childhood programs within the Latino/a larger cultural community

Focus on the larger cultural communities

Focus on practices

Focus on the interpersonal

Focus on the children

8. Early childhood programs in rural North Carolina

Focus on the larger cultural community

Focus on practices

Focus on the interpersonal

Focus on the children

9. Serving children in a multicultural context : the Diverse Families Cultural Community

Serving children in a multicultural context

Focus on practices

Focus on the interpersonal

Focus on the children

10 Conclusions

Culture, child development, and early childhood education limitations

Application to current issues in the ECE Field .