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Culture shapes experiences and influences children’s development. This topic aims to show how child development and culture are connected, how these influences manifest themselves, and the effects...
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Learning Trajectories in Early Mathematics – Sequences of Acquisition and Teaching
Introduction Children follow natural developmental progressions in learning and development. For example, children first learn to crawl, then walk, run, skip, and jump with increasing speed and...
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Culture and Policy in Early Childhood Development
Introduction Policies are cultural products. They are generated using concepts shared by members of a cultural group and implemented through culturally-based institutions. Their effects play out in...
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Culture and Early Socio-Emotional Development
Introduction There are considerable individual differences in children’s early dispositional characteristics, such as how they react to challenging situations and their ability to regulate...
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Play and Learning
Introduction This article discusses historical and present-day notions of play and learning in the context of early childhood education (ECE). The beginning of ECE Early childhood education...