ABSTRACT
The Hidden History of Early Childhood Education provides an understandable and manageable exploration of the history of early childhood education in the United States. Covering historical, philosophical, and sociological underpinnings that reach from the 1800s to today, contributors explore groups and topics that have traditionally been marginalized or ignored in early childhood education literature. Chapters include topics such as home-schooling, early childhood education in Japanese-American internment camps, James "Jimmy" Hymes, the Eisenhower legacy, Constance Kamii, and African-American leaders of the field. This engaging book examines a range of new primary sources to be shared with the field for the first time, including personal narratives, interviews, and letters. The Hidden History of Early Childhood Education is a valuable resource for every early childhood education scholar, student, and practitioner.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|135 pages
Glimpses of Past Practice
chapter 2|26 pages
The Light Within
chapter 4|31 pages
The Internment and Education of Japanese-American Nursery School Children During World War II
chapter 6|42 pages
Early Care and Education in the 1950s
part 2|122 pages
Portraits of Early Childhood Education Leaders