Table of Contents

Introduction -Social Learning in the Early Childhood Years, Olivia N. Saracho and Bernard Spodek. Social Epistemology and Social Learning, Olivia N. Saracho and Bernard Spodek. Social Dynamics of Early Childhood Classrooms: Considerations and Implications for Teachers, Kathleen Cranley Gallagher, Kimberly Dadisman, Thomas W. Farmer, Laura Huss, and Bryan C. Hutchins. The Development of Social Identity and Intergroup Attitudes in Young Children, Kurt Kowalski. The Development of Ethnic Prejudice in Early Childhood: Theories and Research, Drew Nesdale. Executive Function, Behavioral Self-Regulation, and Social-Emotional Competence: Links to School Readiness, Megan M. McClelland, Claire E. Cameron, Shannon B. Wanless, & Amy Murray. Capital at Home and at School as Determinants of Child Social Adjustment, Toby L. Parcel. Parenting and Schooling Influences on Early Self-Regulation Development, Abigail M. Jewkes and Frederick J. Morrison. Positive Parent- Provider Relationships: A Key to Healthy Parent-Child Relationships, Angela M. Tomlin. Promoting School Readiness in Foster Children, Katherine C. Pears, Philip A. Fisher, Cynthia V. Heywood, and Kimberly D. Bronz. Teaching History and Social Studies to Young Children, Gary Fertig. Play as Group Improvisation: A Social Semiotic, Multimodal Perspective on Play and Literacy, Stacy L. DeZutter. Social Aspects in Language and Literacy Learning: Progress, Problems, and Interventions, Adriana G. Bus, Maria T. de Jong, and Marinus H. Van IJzendoorn. If you're not Like me Can we Play? Peer groups in Preschool, Carollee Howes and Linda Lee. Social Life of Young Children: Co-construction of Shared Meanings and Togetherness, Humour and Conflicts in Child Care Centers, Elly Singer and Dorian de Haan. Social Learning as the Basis for Early Childhood Education, Olivia N. Saracho and Bernard Spodek.