{"product_id":"9780807770993","title":"Defending Childhood: Keeping the Promise of Early Education","description":"\u003cp\u003e“These pages make clear that the way to foster effective teaching is not with curriculum mandates and pacing guides but with professional learning opportunities that prepare expert educators to take advantage of and create teachable moments.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—From the Foreword by \u003cb\u003eLinda Darling-Hammond\u003c\/b\u003e, Stanford University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book brings together a group of extraordinary educators and scholars who offer important insights about what we can do to defend childhood from societal challenges. The authors explain new findings from neuroscience and psychology, as well as emerging knowledge about the impact on child development of cultural and linguistic diversity, poverty, families and communities, and the media. Each chapter presents experiences and suggestions, from the perspectives of different disciplines, about what can be done to ensure that all children gain access to the supports they need for optimal physical, social, intellectual, and emotional development. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eDefending Childhood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e features: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cli\u003eNew knowledge about how children learn from the neurobiological, behavioral, and social sciences. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cli\u003eEffective teaching strategies that support learning and provide for the needs of the whole child.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamination of a broad range of issues that affect childhood, including violence, media and technology saturation, and a school culture of endless testing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cli\u003eSuggestions for policies and practices for an equitable educational system.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Contributors include:\u003c\/b\u003e Barbara Bowman, Nancy Carlsson-Paige, Delis Cuéllar, Tiziana Filippini, Matia Finn-Stevenson, Eugene García, Howard Gardner, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, James J. Heckman, Kathryn Hirsh-Pasek, Mara Krechevsky, George Madaus, Ben Mardell, Sonia Nieto, Valerie Polakow, Aisha Ray, Robert L. Selman,  Jack P. Shonkoff, M.D., Edward Zigler \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeverly Falk\u003c\/b\u003e is professor and director of the Graduate Programs in Early Childhood Education at The School of Education, The City College of New York, and author of \u003ci\u003eTeaching the Way Children Learn\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Teachers College Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47107332538608,"sku":"9780807770993","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780807770993_p0.jpg?v=1763726283","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780807770993","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}