Extend learning beyond the classroom Pearson eText is an easy-to-use digital textbook that students can purchase on their own or you can assign for your course. Creating a course allows you to personalize your Pearson eText so students see the connection between their reading and what they learn in class, motivating them to keep reading, and keep learning. Learn more about Pearson eText. UPDATED: Questions for Reflection provoke students to think about past experiences, their thoughts about appropriate practice, or feelings about a situation. The exercises now include author feedback on students'' potential responses. UPDATED: Focus on Practice boxes provide video-based learning experiences with questions that help students deepen their understanding of theory and practice. The exercises now include author feedback on students'' potential responses. Illustrate guidance concepts in action and offer opportunities to apply strategies UPDATED: NAEYC Standards and Key Elements are included at the start of each chapter so that students can connect these standards to practice.
Examples of three teachers in different phases of early childhood education appear throughout the text and show how real teachers have dealt with guidance problems in actual classrooms. EXPANDED: More school-based examples at the pre-K and K level help readers see appropriate guidance in action in real early childhood settings. Focusing on this level is especially important now, as preschool and childcare expulsions are on the rise. The functional behavioral assessment (FBA) process helps readers learn to collect data to effectively deal with six specific challenging behaviors (Ch. 11). Chapter-opening Case Studies focus on children and teachers from infant-toddler, preschool, and primary classrooms to help readers visualize the major points in each chapter. Analyze Case Studies features help students apply newly acquired knowledge from the chapter to the chapter-opening case study. Apply Your Knowledge end-of-chapter features focus on the application level in the cognitive domain.
Emphasize positive, state-of-the-art child guidance and management strategies UPDATED: Additional information about the high rate of childcare and preschool expulsions informs pre-service teachers about this ongoing issue, and alerts them to factors that might contribute to solving the problem (Ch. 8). UPDATED: Guidance on finding a caregiving style throughout the text helps preservice teachers recognize how to adopt a positive, authoritative way of caring for children. EXPANDED: An enhanced focus on positive guidance strategies as more compassionate and effective alternatives to time-out and other forms of punishment is woven throughout this edition (Chs. 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 13). UPDATED: A discussion of the hot topic of "encouragement vs. praise" clarifies the differences between the two, and explains how to use encouragement effectively (Ch. 2).
NEW: A "work with what you have" classroom set-up scenario helps students understand how to apply the principles they have learned, even when the conditions are not ideal (Ch. 4). UPDATED: A refined discussion of bullying clarifies the distinction between the normal instrumental aggression of young children with real bullying (Ch. 10). Benefits of creating a Pearson eText course Share highlights and notes with students. Add your personal teaching style to important topics, call out need-to-know information, or clarify difficult concepts directly in the eText. Access reading analytics. Use the dashboard to gain insight into how students are working in their eText to plan more effective instruction in and out of class.
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