Additional Resources


Living Bibliography

Barnett, W. S. (2008). Preschool education and its lasting effects: Research and policy implications. Boulder and Tempe: Education and the Public Interest Center & Education Policy Research Unit. 8 Nov. 2014


Discusses the benefits of preschool for all children and the effects preschool has on children of varying socioeconomic backgrounds.

Bowker, Sharon. “Letting Your Child Go –To Preschool, That Is.” Purdue University Preschool, 1998. Web. 4 Nov. 2014.

Discusses the importance that parents allow their children go to preschool and realize that they’re in some cases they’re keeping them home for their own emotional instabilities with the idea of their child being old enough for school and being away from them. Attachment is discussed when considering the parent and the child.

Heckman, James. & Kruger, Alan (2003). “Inequality in America: What role for human capital policies?” MIT Press (2003): 22. Web. 4 Nov. 2014.

Takes notice to the positive social and emotional impact preschool has on children and recognizes preschool to be the most important time for advances in these areas; however, ignored.

Loop, Erica. “Kids Who Went to Preschool vs. Those Who Didn’t.” Globalpost. Global Post - International News, n.d. Web. 6 Nov. 2014. 

Compares and discusses the benefits of preschool when considering long-term. Discusses two longitudinal studies and the impact preschool is believed to have had on the individuals that attended.

Martorell, Gabriela. Papalia, Diane. Feldman, Ruth. A Child’s World. 13 th ed. “Infancy Through Adolescence,” 2014. Print.

This is my early childhood development book that gives information throughout the book about the importance of education at a young age and the importance of social interaction, especially, at the preschool age. Developmental domains are looked at in great detail.

Resnick, Brian. “Preschool Closes Achievement Gap.” USA Today 21 Feb. 2013: 08a. EBSCO Host. Web. 20 Nov. 2014.

Argues that preschool is good for closing the “Achievement gap” and the belief in long-term effects that will hold some children back.

Yoshikawa, Hirokazu. “Long-Term Effect of Early Childhood Programs on Social Outcomes and Delinquency” Psychological Bulletin (1995): Web. 6 Nov. 2014.


Evaluates the long-term effects of preschool on psychosocial development. The effects of early childhood programs and family involvement having on a decreased rate of delinquency and antisocial behavior.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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