Olivia N. Saracho Bernard Spodek, Early Childhood Education Scholar, Researcher, and Teacher

Bernard Spodek, one of the most important figures in contemporary early childhood education, has been aseminal figure in early childhood education for approximately six decades. He has also been a creativecontributor to contemporary thinking on the integration of theory, research, and practice on the developmentand education of young children. He is the author of numerous theoretical, research, and practical articles thatcontinue to be published in scholarly journals and the author of textbooks that span the fields of earlychildhood education and child development.This book, Bernard Spodek: Early Childhood Education Scholar, Researcher, and Teacher, offers anunderstanding of an eminent scholar who has made significant contributions to the field of early childhoodeducation. It has a richly detailed and intimate picture of the construction of a knowledge base for the development and education of young children.All of the chapters show how Bernard Spodek assumes various roles to promote the field of early childhood education as he functions as a mentor,scholar, researcher, and master teacher.Bernard Spodek: Early Childhood Education Scholar, Researcher, and Teacher is a text for students who are interested in acquiring the basicknowledge about early childhood education, about the work that practitioners do with young children, and about the ideas that underlie that work. It isan appropriate text for graduate students in four-year colleges and universities.