Reference Books

Child Psychology: A Handbook of Contemporary Issues

Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychological & Behavioral Sciences

DSM-IV-TR; Diagnostic & Stat. Manual of Mental Disorders

Encyclopedia of Psychology

Handbook of Child Psychology
Child Psychology: A Handbook of Contemporary Issues
Handbook of Child Psychology

Books

Search the Library Catalog for books on your subject using words or phrases such as:
child development; family; child care/child rearing; child psychiatry; child psychology; developmental psychology; children and education; children and socialization/social skills; children and language; children and cognition.

• BF (child psychology)
• E (children and socialization)
• HQ (child development and family)
• LB, LC (children and education)
• RC (child psychiatry)
• RJ (child care/child rearing/ pediatrics)

Websites

Anti-bias curriculum - type "Anti-bias" in Library Catalog

• Anti-bias curriculum
• Walking our walk or does anti-bias curriculum really work?
• ERIC journal article on anti-bias curriculum

Bank Street Approach

• Bank street

Behaviorist Approach

• Learning theories of instructional design - graduate students dissertation on behaviorism, constructivism and more.
• About learning theories - commercially produced by understanding. A good introduction of theories.

Constructivist Approach

• Constructivist teaching and learning models
• Constructivist learning

High/Scope Curriculum

• High Scope - Home page
• High Scope - Plan-do-review ideas
• High Scope - Discussion board
• High Scope - Small group ideas

Mixed Age Grouping

• ERIC Digest - Non-graded & mixed age grouping in early childhood programs (katz)
• Kidsource - What does the reasearch say about mixed age grouping?
• ProTeacher - Mixed age grouping
• Benefits - Mixed age groupin

Project Approach

• Project Approach
• Project Approach - Students need strategies
• Project Approach - Project definition
• Teaching Help - Try a project approach

Reggio Emilia

• ERIC Digest - Publications related to Reggio Emilia
• The Reggio Emilia Approach
• NAEYC - Emilia at NAEYC Conference

Inclusion

• Circle of inclusion (effective practices of inclusive educational programs for children from birth through age eight)