A Vision for Universal Preschool Education

ISBN: 9780521612999 出版年：2006 页码：303 Zigler Gilliam Jones Cambridge University Press

Introduction 1. The universal preschool movement 2. School readiness: defining the goal for universal preschool 3. Economic returns of investments in preschool education Arthur J. Reynolds and Judy A. Temple 4. The need for universal prekindergarten for children in poverty with Marguerite Malakoff 5. The need for universal preschool access for children not living in poverty with Marguerite Malakoff 6. Program quality, intensity, and duration in preschool education 7. A whole child approach: the importance of social and emotional development 8. Parent involvement in preschool Christopher C. Henrich and Ramona Blackman-Jones 9. Professioal development issues in universal prekindergarten Kelly L. Maxwell and Richard M. Clifford 10. What the school of the 21st century can teach us about universal preschool with Matia Finn-Stevenson 11. A place for head start in a world of universal preschool with Sally J. Styfco 12. A model universal prekindergarten program Summary and recommendations.