A Quixotic Approach to Issues in Early Childhood Education

Professor Herbert Zimiles' thesis that there are challenges to the longstanding alliance between early childhood education and child development research is discussed. Elkind refutes Zimiles' thesis that some new lines of thought challenge the prevailing ideas about the applicability of ch...

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Published in:Human development 2000-07, Vol.43 (4/5), p.279-283
Main Author: Elkind, David
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Child development
Child psychology
Commentary
Early Childhood Education
Education
Educational Practices
Educational Research
Educational Researchers
Instructional Leadership
Postmodernism
Young Children
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Summary:Professor Herbert Zimiles' thesis that there are challenges to the longstanding alliance between early childhood education and child development research is discussed. Elkind refutes Zimiles' thesis that some new lines of thought challenge the prevailing ideas about the applicability of child development knowledge to early childhood education.
ISSN:0018-716X
1423-0054
DOI:10.1159/000022688