Introduction : A researcher's vade mecum / Bernard Spodek and Olivia N. Saracho -- Cognitive development and the education of young children / Kelvin L. Seifert -- Young children's peer relations and social competence / Gary W. Ladd, Sarah L. Herald, and Rebecca K. Andrews -- Children's morality : perspectives and research / Eva Johansson -- The emotional basis of learning and development in early childhood education / Susanne A. Denham -- Motor development in young children / David L. Gallahue and John C. Ozmun -- The development of children's creativity / Mark A. Runco -- Reconceptualizing language education in early childhood : socio-cultural perspectives / Jim Anderson, Lyndsay Moffatt, and Jon Shapiro -- Emergent literacy : symbols at work / Susan E. Hill and Sue Nichols -- The literacy education of linguistically and culturally diverse young children : an overview of outcomes, assessment, and large-scale interventions / Robert Rueda and David B. Yaden, Jr. -- The development of young children's early number and operation sense and its implications for early childhood education / Arthur J. Baroody, Meng-lung Lai, and Kelly S. Mix -- Repositioning the visual arts in early childhood education : a decade of reconsideration / Christine Marmé Thompson -- The dance of learning / Karen Bradley with Mary Szegda -- The musical development and education of young children / Graham F. Welch -- Pretend play / Robert D. Kavanaugh -- Early childhood multicultural education / Patricia G. Ramsey -- Creating play environments for early childhood : indoors and out / John A. Sutterby and Joe Frost.

Childhood poverty : implications for school readiness and early childhood education / Rebecca M. Ryan, Rebecca C. Fauth, and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn -- Effective preschool program for children at risk of school failure : a best-evidence synthesis / Bette Chambers, Alan C.K. Cheung, and Robert E. Slavin -- Educational policy in the United States regarding bilinguals in early childhood education / Ann-Marie Wiese and Eugene E. Garcia -- Child care for young children / Carollee Howes and Kay Sanders -- Family context in early childhood : a look at practices and beliefs that promote early learning / Barbara H. Fiese, Tanya Eckert, and Mary Spagnola -- Early childhood teachers' beliefs and attitudes about inclusion : what does the research tell us? / Michaelene M. Ostrosky, Bernadette M. Laumann, and Wu-Ying Hsieh -- Preschool teachers' professional development / Olivia N. Saracho and Bernard Spodek -- Alternative means of assessing children's learning in early childhood classrooms / Dominic F. Gullo -- Evaluating the quality of early childhood educational settings / Richard Lambert, Martha Abbott-Shim, and Annette Sibley -- Integration, innovation, and evaluation in school-based early childhood services / Janette Pelletier and Carl Corter -- Qualitative research : paradigms and possibilities / J. Amos Hatch and Gina Barclay-McLaughlin -- Feminist issues in early childhood scholarship / Candra D. Thornton and Lisa S. Goldstein -- Beyond certainties : postmodern perspectives, research, and the education of young children / Susan Grieshaber and Sharon Ryan -- Early childhood education research in cross-national perspective / Jaipaul L. Roopnarine and Aysegul Metindogan -- Historical research in early childhood education / Blythe S.F. Hinitz.