The Yew Chung Approach to Early Childhood Education

This volume details the Yew Chung Approach and the twelve values that exemplify the approach as a unique contribution to the field of early childhood education.

Stephanie C. Sanders-Smith is Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, and Yew Chung - Bernard Spodek Scholar in Early Childhood Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. Sylvia Ya-Hsuan Yang is a Yew Chung Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA. Kutasha Bryan-Silva is a Yew Chung Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA.

1. Exploring the Yew Chung Approach Part I: The Evolution of the Yew Chung Approach to Early Childhood Education 2. The History of Yew Chung 3. The Twelve Values Part II: Foundational Values 4. Views of Children 5. Relationships Part III: Centering the Child in the Curriculum 6. Emergence and Inquiry 7. A Multilingual Approach 8. Problem Solving and Academic Learning Part IV: The Yew Chung Approach, Today and Tomorrow 9. A Day in Yew Chung 10. Creating a Society for the Future