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-leé 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
