Early Childhood Education
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Accreditation of Early Childhood Programs
Act for Better Child Care (ABC)
Advocacy and Leadership in Early Childhood Education
American Associate Degree Early Childhood Educators (ACCESS)
Antibias/Multicultural Education
Ashton-Warner, Sylvia (1908-1984)
Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI)
Association for Constructivist Teaching (ACT)
Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD/ADHD)
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
B
Behavior Management and Guidance
Blow, Susan Elizabeth (1843-1916)
Bronfenbrenner, Urie (1917-2005)
C
Center for the Child Care Workforce (CCW)
Child Abuse and Neglect, Prevention of
Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)
Child Care and Early Education Research Connections
Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG)
Child-care Subsidies and Tax Provisions
Child Development Associate (CDA) National Credentialing Program
Child Development Group of Mississippi (CDGM)
Comenius, John Amos (1592-1670)
Computer and Video Game Play in Early Childhood
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) (1989)
Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
The Creative Curriculum for Preschool
Curriculum, Emotional Development
Curriculum, Physical Development
D
Department of Defense (DoD) Child Development System
Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood, A Taxonomy of
Developmental-Interaction Approach
Developmentally Appropriate Practice(s) (DAP)
Developmental Systems Theories
Disabilities, Young Children with
Division for Early Childhood (DEC)
E
Early Care and Education Programs, Administration of
Early Childhood Music Education Commission (ECME)
Eliot, Abigail Adams (1892-1992)
Environmental Assessments in Early Childhood Education
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal (EECERJ)
F
Feminism in Early Childhood Education
Frank, Lawrence Kelso (1890-1968)
Froebel, Friedrich (1782-1852)
G
Gay or Lesbian Parents, Children with
Gender and Gender Stereotyping
H
Hailmann, Eudora Lucas (1835-1904)
Hailmann, William Nicholas (1836-1920)
Hall, G(ranville) Stanley (1844-1924)
Hawkins, David (1913-2002) and Hawkins, Frances Pockman (1913—)
High/Scope Perry Preschool Study
History of U.S. Early Childhood Care and Education
Hunt, Joseph McVicker (1906-1991)
Hymes, James L., Jr. (1913-1998)
I
Incarcerated Parents, Children of
Individualized Education Plan (IEP)
Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP)
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Interagency Education Research Initiative (IERI)
International Kindergarten Union (IKU)
International Reading Association (IRA)
J
Journal of Early Childhood Research
Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education (JECTE)
Journal of Early Intervention (JEI)
The Journal of Special Education Leadership
K
Kohlberg, Lawrence (1927-1987)
L
M
McCormick Tribune Center for Early Childhood Leadership
McMillan, Margaret (1860-1931)
Mitchell, Lucy Sprague (1878-1967)
Mixed-Age Grouping in Early Childhood Education
Multiple Intelligences, Theory of
N
National Association for Regulatory Administration (NARA)
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA)
National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators (NAECTE)
National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI)
National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP)
National Coalition for Campus Children’s Centers (NCCCC)
National Committee on Nursery Schools (1925-1931)
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)
National Education Goals Panel (NEGP)
National Even Start Association (NESA)
National Head Start Association (NHSA)
National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development
Naumburg, Margaret (1890-1983)
No Child Left Behind Act (NCLBA)
North American Reggio Emilia Alliance (NAREA)
Nutrition and Early Childhood Education
O
Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)
P
Parents and Parent Involvement
Parker, Francis W. (1837-1902)
Pavlov, Ivan Petrovich (1849-1936)
Peabody, Elizabeth Palmer (1804-1894)
Pedagogy, Activity-Based/Experiential
Pedagogy, Social Justice/Equity
Pestalozzi, Johann (1746-1827)
Philanthropy and Young Children
Preschool Curriculum Evaluation Research Program (PCER)
Preschool/Prekindergarten Programs
Program for Infant Toddler Caregivers (PITC)
Q
Quantitative Analyses/Experimental Designs
R
Race and Ethnicity in Early Childhood Education
Read-Alouds and Vocabulary Development
Reggio Emilia Approach to Early Childhood Education
Reggio-Inspired Teacher Education (RITE)
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778)
Ruggles Street Nursery School and Training Center (Boston, Massachusetts)
S
Second-Language Acquisition in Early Childhood
Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD)
Sex and Sexuality in Young Children
Skinner, Burrhus Frederic (1904-1990)
Southern Early Childhood Association (SECA)
Standardized Tests and Early Childhood Education
State Prekindergarten Programs
T
Teacher Certification/Licensure
Teacher Education and Compensation Helps (TEACH)
Teacher Education, Early Childhood
Teaching Exceptional Children (TEC)
Technology and Early Childhood Education
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)
Thorndike, Edward L. (1847-1949)
Topics in Early Childhood Special Education (TECSE)
U
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
V
Vygotsky, Lev Semenovich (1896-1934)
W
Whiting, John W. M. (1908-1999)
Wiggin, Kate Douglas (1855-1923)
Wollstonecraft, Mary (1759-1797)
Women, Infants and Children (WIC)
The World Forum on Early Care and Education
World Health Organisation (WHO)
World Organisation for Early Childhood Education (OMEP)
Y
Yale University Child Study Center (1911-2005)
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