Early Childhood and Elementary Education

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Need, importance and objectives of early childhood education. 3. Great educators and early childhood education. 4. Growth and developmental problems during early childhood. 5. Status of elementary education in India. 6. National curriculum for elementary education. 7. Constitutional provisions related to elementary education. 8. Training methods in early childhood and elementary level. 9. France: Recent developments in care and early child education (Since 1990). 10. Pre-school groups in America today. 11. Elementary school facilities in India and Iran. 12. Development of early childhood education in United Kingdom. 13. Organisation of pre-school learning. 14. Organisation of curriculum at elementary stage. 15. State level bodies on elementary education. 16. Administration of pre-school and elementary institutions. 17. Elementary education in India since independence. 18. Tenth Five Year Plan (2002-2007) and elementary education. Appendix. Bibliography. Index.