Pt. I. Child and Family Issues
Ch. 1. Development Issues Affecting Children / C. Stephen White and Joan Packer Isenberg
Ch. 2. Young Children's Affirmation of Differences: Curriculum That Is Multicultural and Developmentally Appropriate / Edwina Battle Vold
Ch. 3. Perspectives on Inclusion in Early Childhood Education / Doris Bergen
Ch. 4. Working with Families of Young Children / Kevin J. Swick
Pt. II. Curricular Trends and Issues Affecting Practice
Ch. 5. Developmental Appropriateness: New Contexts and Challenges / Shirley C. Raines and John M. Johnston
Ch. 6. Assessing and Reporting Young Children's Progress: A Review of the Issues / Sue C. Wortham
Ch. 7. Shaking the Very Foundations of Emergent Literacy: Book Reading Versus Phonemic Awareness / Lea M. McGee
Ch. 8. Sensitivity to the Social and Cultural Contexts of the Play of Young Children / Fergus Hughes
Ch. 9. Educational Technology in the Early and Primary Years / Sudha Swaminathan and June L. Wright
Pt. III. Policy and Professional Development Issues
Ch. 10. Counting the Cost of Caring: Intended and Unintended Consequences of Early Childhood Policies / Frances O'Connell Rust
Ch. 11. Global Education: Why and When to Teach It? / Louise Boyle Swiniarski
Ch. 12. Professional and Social Status of the Early Childhood Educator / Doris Pronin Fromberg.
