Introduction to Early Childhood Education

In this book, we set out to bring you comprehensive, up-to-date and scientific information about early childhood education and to bring a contemporary perspective to today's early childhood education practices. Early childhood education, which is the subject of our book, has been prepared for publication with the valuable contributions of competent and successful lecturers and educators from different universities and NGOs in the light of current literature and academic information. The authors, in our book; The importance of early childhood education, its philosophical foundations, early childhood education in the world and in Turkey with a historical flow, early childhood policies, types of institutions, regulations, personnel, teacher qualification and teacher training, early childhood education programs, learning environments, family participation and school - family-society cooperation, documentation and assessment, early childhood development, temperament, parenting and psychological development, special education in early childhood, primary school readiness, early childhood education curriculum models that shape the 20th century, and technology in early childhood.
Our Introduction to Early Childhood Education book is primarily dedicated to our teacher candidates, all educators who care about early childhood education and touch the child, child development specialists, psychological counselors and guidance teachers, special education teachers, parents, in short, all segments of society, but most importantly, to our children, to whom we will entrust our future. making a contribution; We hope that education will be our most important agenda not only today but also "every day" by creating a climate where young generations can create value in their own country and offer a wealth of ideas, focusing on keeping values ​​based on science, freedom of thought and consensus on the path drawn by our great leader Mustafa Kemal ATATÜRK.