1. Introducation : A Researcher's Part Ⅰ. EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT 2. Cognitive Development and the Education of Young Children 3. Young Children's Peer Relations and Social Competence 4. Children's Morality : Perspectives 5. The Emotional Basis of Learning and Development in Early 6. Motor Development in Young Children 7. The Development of Children's Creativeity Part Ⅱ. EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATIONAL CURRICULUM 8. Reconceptualizing Language Education in Early Childhood : Socio-Cultural Perspectives 9. Emergent Literacy : Symbols at Work 10. The Literacy Education of Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Young Children : An Overview of Outcomes, Assessment, and Large-Scale Interventions 11. The Development of Young Children's Early Number and Operation Sense and its Implications for EArly Childhood Education 12. Repositioning the Visual Arts in Early Childhood Education : A Decade of Reconsideration 13. The Dance of Learning 14. The Musical Development and Education of Young Children 15. Pretend Play 16. Early Childhood Multicultural Education Part Ⅲ. FOUNDATIONS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATIONAL POLICY 17. Creating Play Environments for Early Childhood : Indoors and Out 18. Childhood Poverty : Implications for School Readiness and Early Childhood Education 19. Effective Preschool Programs for Children at Risk of School Failure : A Best-Evidence Synthesis 20. Educational Policy in the United States Regarding Bilinguals in Early Childhood Education 21. Child Care for Young Children 22. Family Context in Early Childhood : A Look at Practices and Beliefs That Promote Early Learning 23. Early Childhood Teachers' Beliefs and Attitudes About Inclusion : What Does the Research Tell Us? 24. Preschool Teachers' Professional Development Part Ⅳ. RESEARCH AND EVALUATION STRATEGIES FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION 25. Alternative Means of Assessing Children's Learning in Early Childhood Classrooms 26. Evaluating the Quality of Early Childhood Educational Settings 27. Integration, Innovation, and Evaluation in School-Based Early Childhood Services 28. Qualitative Research : Paradigms and Possibilities 29. Feminist Issues in Early Childhood Scholarship 30. Beyond Certainties : Postmodern Perspectives, Research, and the Education of Young Children 31. Early Childhood Education Research in Cross-National Perspective 32. Historical Research in Early Childhood Education.