The text is highly readable and is highly recommended for anyone interested in reflecting on the issues, foundations, and diversity and DAP in early childhood settings.

�Topics in Early Childhood Education

The ideas are thought-provoking, the strategies are practical, the information is well-referenced, and the chapters incorporate literature from a variety of disciplines.

�Journal of Early Intervention

Teachers College Press Web Site, Aug., 2001

This work offers critiques of early childhood education and developmentally appropriate practices. The editors seek to expand the current definition of developmentally appropriate practices to include alternative theoretical and practical perspectives necessary for addressing the needs of young children with cultural and developmental differences.