Call for Chapters: Modern Early Childhood Teacher Education: Theories and Practice

Editors

Mihaela Badea, Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania
Mihaela Suditu, Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania

Call for Chapters

Proposals Submission Deadline: August 10, 2023
Full Chapters Due: November 10, 2023

Introduction

Being the totality of the child’s experiences either individually or socially achieved in an organized environment, early school education has the role of developing, growing and protecting children in order to offer them both physical and mental skills and acquisitions meant to provide them with the needed moral values for the adult life. What children learn in their first years represents more than half of what they will learn for the rest of their lives. National priorities, starting from the international ones, strongly require the establishment of a policy and an early education system within the Early Childhood Development program. It is also important that the national early education system develops in the context given by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Millennium Development Goals, which must have been achieved by 2015, and the manifestation of Romania as a full member of the European Union. The book will mainly deal with aspects regarding the contemporary educational issues of early schooling systems starting from the educational policies as well as the history of early school education in different countries. At the same time, it will have in view some examples of good practices regarding the teaching strategies employed by various educational systems, especially at present, when the digital natives are enrolled in early schooling.

Objective

The book aims to provide both theoretical perspectives and practical approaches for teachers interested in transforming the future. Through the approaches of theoretical background but also through the studies of practical application nature, the book can serve as bibliographic support for the Early Education program, initial training study program for the field of Education Sciences to be accredited in universities in Romania in the following academic years.

Target Audience

The book is intended to be a guide not only for early education teachers but also for students preparing to become pre-school or primary school teachers. At the same time, it aims at sharing educational experiences and good practices among academic staff, researchers and those involved in the field of early school education all over the world.

Recommended Topics

  • Infant and toddler social, emotional, physical, intellectual and academic development
  • Infant and toddler social development.
  • Language development
  • Health, safety and nutrition
  • Child assessment
  • Educational policies related to early schooling systems
  • Developing early childhood physical and mental skills


Submission Procedure

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before August 10, 2023, a chapter proposal of 1,000 to 2,000 words clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors will be notified by August 15, 2023 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines.Full chapters are expected to be submitted by November 10, 2023, and all interested authors must consult the guidelines for manuscript submissions at https://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/ prior to submission. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.

Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to this book publication, Modern Early Childhood Teacher Education: Theories and Practice. All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-blind peer review editorial process.

All proposals should be submitted through the eEditorial Discovery® online submission manager.



Publisher

This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), an international academic publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea Group Reference), "Medical Information Science Reference," "Business Science Reference," and "Engineering Science Reference" imprints. IGI Global specializes in publishing reference books, scholarly journals, and electronic databases featuring academic research on a variety of innovative topic areas including, but not limited to, education, social science, medicine and healthcare, business and management, information science and technology, engineering, public administration, library and information science, media and communication studies, and environmental science. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit https://www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2024.



Important Dates

August 10, 2023: Proposal Submission Deadline
August 15, 2023: Notification of Acceptance
November 10, 2023: Full Chapter Submission
November 19, 2023: Review Results Returned
December 31, 2023: Final Acceptance Notification
January 14, 2024: Final Chapter Submission



Inquiries

Mihaela Badea
Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti
mihaelagab@yahoo.com

Mihaela Suditu
Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti
msuditu@yahoo.com

Classifications


Education; Medical, Healthcare, and Life Sciences; Social Sciences and Humanities
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