01449nam a22001337a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005805000220007610000030009824500850010126000360018630000220022250510710024420240717105659.0240717b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780073515304  aLB1139.25.T34(2e)    aTaking side: Clasing views in early childhood education /c Menke Karen Paciorek  aNew York :bMcGraw Hill, c2008  axx, 290 p.:c23cm  aContents: Children in families and society: Should brain guide educational practices -- Should young children use computers? -- Is time - out an effective guidance technique -- Does nightly homework improve academic performance? -- Children in educational programs: Should superhero or violent play be discouraged? -- Should transition grades be abolished? -- Is being older better when entering kindergarten? Is grade retention harmful to children? -- Should educators address students' unhealthy lifestyle choices? -- Are english language learners best served in an immersion language model? -- Does learning to read involve more than phonics? -- Should recess be included in a school day? -- Are Looping classrooms effective learning settings -- Educational policies: Should public money be spent on university preschool? -- Is regular testing the best way to improve academic performance? -- Will school improvement efforts alone narrow the racial/ethnic achievement gap? -- Should corporal punishment in school be outlawed? -- Are boys in crisis in our school.