Theories of Childhood by Carol Garhart Mooney

Theories of Childhood by Carol Garhart Mooney

Understand theories of childhood to make your days with children smoother, your job easier, and your program stronger.

This best-selling resource provides clear, straightforward introductions to the foundational theories of John Dewey, Maria Montessori, Erik Erikson, Jean Piaget, and Lev Vygotsky. Each chapter highlights a theorist's work and includes insight on how the theory impacts teaching young children today. Discussion questions and suggested readings are included to help you gain an understanding of what it means to apply each theory to your work with children.

Theories of Childhood, Second Edition

Builds the bridge between theory and best practices in early childhood education
Supports your genuine enjoyment with children by helping you understand more about the ways they grow and learn
Includes new understandings of Vygotsky's work
Applies the five theories to the realities of the twenty-first century

Carol Garhart Mooney has been an early childhood educator for more than forty years. She is also the author of Theories of Attachment, Use Your Words, and Swinging Pendulums.

Cleverly conceived and written..It serves its purpose well as an initial foray into some of the leading figures in education theory." - Sandra Leaton Gray, Times Higher Education Textbook Guide, 7th November 2013

Carol Garhart Mooney is a child development expert who has published extensively on a range of themes. She is the author of Theories of Attachment: An Introduction to Bowlby, Ainsworth, Gerber, Brazelton, Kennell, and Klaus, Swinging Pendulums: Cautionary Stories for Early Childhood Education, and Use Your Words: How Teacher Language Helps Children Learn, all published by Redleaf Publishing, in addition to Theories of Childhood, Second Edition. She graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a master's degree in early childhood education. She has worked as a child care services manager for Belknap-Merrimack Head Start and has taught preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school. She has worked for the University System of New Hampshire as an early childhood education and family sociology instructor for the past twenty-five years.

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ISBN 13	9781605541389
ISBN 10	1605541389
Title	Theories of Childhood
Author	Carol Garhart Mooney
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Redleaf Press
Year published	2013-03-30
Number of pages	128
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