Guidance of Young Children by Marian Marion

Guidance of Young Children by Marian Marion

For courses in guidance and management of young children.   Based on the idea that childhood professionals, like physicians, should “first, do no harm,” this popular, student-friendly text exemplifies a positive, constructivist approach to guidance that respects, protects, and helps children become self-responsible, competent, independent, cooperative people who like themselves and have strong values. Content is based on understanding the authoritative style of caregiving, understanding child development to make guidance decisions, and on observing behavior. The author never mandates a “cookbook” of techniques for guiding children, but rather, encourages students to use the Decision-Making Model of Child Guidance - a model that evolves from an understanding of a variety of child guidance theories, including those of Piaget, Vygotsky, Rogers, and Adler. Students will learn not only how to guide prosocial behavior and organize a developmentally appropriate classroom environment, but also how to minimize challenging and violent or agressive behavior, and how to help children express anger and cope with stress.

“The text uses more of the specific strategies that are applicable when working daily with childrenThe information is accurate and speaks to children’s needs. It is important for adults to understand the children’s point of view: stressors, temperaments, type of caregiving under which children have been raised. This viewpoint is unique among texts. Most texts present material, concepts, strategies, etc. to “feed the students,” whereas M. Marion presents material with the child’s needs in mind. For once we have an author that practices DAP!”

 

-- Susan Christian, Patrick Henry Community College

Marian Marion is a professor of early childhood education at Governors State University in Illinois. She is the author of two other textbooks: the widely used Guidance of Young Children (Merrill/Pearson, 2006), and Using Observation inEarly Childhood Education (Merrill/Pearson, 2006).

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ISBN 13	9780131545304
ISBN 10	0131545302
Title	Guidance of Young Children
Author	Marian Marion
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Prentice Hall
Year published	2006-10-02
Number of pages	400
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