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This new volume provides a complex take on the affordances and limitations of continuity, coherence, and consistency for young children and their preschools...what the book does best is call on researchers to be more responsive to the realities of early childhood settings, the needs of diverse families, and the well-being of teachers and other practitioners and to ask practitioners to think beyond 'developmentally appropriate practice' and to be flexible in the solutions that work best for themselves, the children they serve, and their communities. --Harvard Educational Review Jozwiak, Cahill, and Theilheimer thoroughly address continuity and discontinuity, an important topic that can be difficult to grasp and successfully define for readers. The authors explore a variety of ways continuity is displayed and provide a balanced view throughout the book regarding its strengths and limitations. Continuity in Children's Worlds: Choices and Consequences for Early Learning Settings is a must read for anyone within the early childcare community. --Teachers College Record

Jozwiak, Cahill, and Theilheimer thoroughly address continuity and discontinuity, an important topic that can be difficult to grasp and successfully define for readers. The authors explore a variety of ways continuity is displayed and provide a balanced view throughout the book regarding its strengths and limitations. Continuity in Children's Worlds: Choices and Consequences for Early Learning Settings is a must read for anyone within the early childcare community. --Teachers College Record This new volume provides a complex take on the affordances and limitations of continuity, coherence, and consistency for young children and their preschools...what the book does best is call on researchers to be more responsive to the realities of early childhood settings, the needs of diverse families, and the well-being of teachers and other practitioners and to ask practitioners to think beyond 'developmentally appropriate practice' and to be flexible in the solutions that work best for themselves, the children they serve, and their communities. --Harvard Educational Review

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Melissa M. Jozwiak is assistant professor of early childhood at Texas A&M University, San Antonio, USA. Betsy J. Cahill is the J. Paul Taylor Endowed Professor and Early Childhood Program Area Director at New Mexico State University. Rachel Theilheimer is professor emerita of teacher education at Borough of Manhattan Community Collegeof the City University of New York, USA.

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