Encyclopedia of Early Childhood Education.pdf

Early Childhood

Education: An

International

Encyclopedia, Volumes 1-4

Edited by

Rebecca S. New

Moncrieff Cochran

PRAEGER

EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

An International Encyclopedia

Volume 1

A–D

Edited by

RebeccaS.NewandMoncrieffCochran

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Early childhood education [four volumes] : an international encyclopedia / edited by Rebecca

S. New and Moncrieff Cochran.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0–313–33100–6 (set : alk. paper)—ISBN 0–313–33101–4 (vol1:alk.paper)—

ISBN 0–313–33102–2 (vol2:alk.paper)—ISBN0–313–33103–0 (vol 3 : alk. paper)—

ISBN 0–313–34143–5 (vol4:alk.paper)

1. Early childhood education—Encyclopedias. I. New, Rebecca Staples. II. Cochran,

Moncrieff.

LB1139.23.E272 2007

372.2103—dc22 2006035011

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reproduced, by any process or technique, without the

express written consent of the publisher.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2006035011

ISBN: 0–313–33100–6 (set)

0–313–33101–4 (vol. 1)

0–313–33102–2 (vol. 2)

0–313–33103–0 (vol. 3)

0–313–34143–5 (vol. 4)

First published in 2007

Praeger Publishers, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881

An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.

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Printed in the United States of America

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