Theories of Early Childhood Education

Lynn E. Cohen is Professor in the Department of Special Education and Literacy at Long Island University, USA. Sandra Waite-Stupiansky is Professor Emerita of Early Childhood Education and Reading at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Chapter 1 – Jean Piaget’s Constructivist Theory of Learning

Chapter 2 – Maria Montessori: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Chapter 3 – The Eriksons’ Psychosocial Developmental Theory

Chapter 4 – The Importance of Urie Bronfenbrenner’s Bioecological Theory for Early Childhood

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Chapter 5 – Vygotskian and post-Vygotskian Approach: Focusing on "the Future Child"

Chapter 6 – The Educaring Approach of Magda Gerber

Chapter 7 – T. B. Brazelton’s Developmental Approach to Learning

Chapter 8 – The Work of B.F. Skinner: Effective Practices within Early Childhood

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Chapter 9 – Ole Ivar Lovaas: A Legacy of Learning for Children with Disabilities

Chapter 10 – Mikhail Bakhtin: Dialogic Language and the Early Years

Chapter 11 – Educative Experiences in Early Childhood: Lessons from Dewey

Chapter 12 – The Whole World is a Chorus: Paulo Freire’s Influence

Chapter 13 – Working with Deleuze and Guattari in Early Childhood Research and

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