Changing the Game for Generation Alpha

Changing the Game for Generation Alpha

Teaching and Raising Young Children in the 21st Century

By Valora Washington
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Publication Date: 19th January 2021

Valora Washington invites readers to consider the new challenges and opportunities of raising Generation Alpha and offers support to families and early childhood educators to advocate for young children. Read More
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Valora Washington invites readers to consider the new challenges and opportunities of raising Generation Alpha and offers support to families and early childhood educators to advocate for young children. Read More
Description
“Generation Alpha” applies to children born between 2011 and 2025. They will be raised in smaller and constantly evolving families, digital natives, more tech-savvy than previous generations, globally-connected, diverse, and will live and interact with many more generations. Because of these differences, the next generation and the nation is transforming in ways that adults have never experienced before. Valora Washington invites you to consider how to advocate for and influence the trajectories of this next generation.

Raising Generation Alpha Kids looks at how this generation of young children presents new opportunities and challenges, and supports and informs the two principal groups of adults in children’s lives—their families and early childhood educators.
Details
  • Price: $24.95
  • Pages: 184
  • Carton Quantity: 20
  • Publisher: Redleaf Press
  • Imprint: Redleaf Press
  • Publication Date: 19th January 2021
  • Trim Size: 6 x 9 in
  • ISBN: 9781605547268
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Education
    EDUCATION / Administration / School Superintendents & Principals
    EDUCATION / Leadership
    EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General
    EDUCATION / Preschool & Kindergarten
Author Bio
With over 30 years of experience, Dr. Valora Washington, former CEO of the Council for Professional Recognition, is a top authority in early care and education. She has conceptualized, led, facilitated, and executed significant change initiatives. Spanning higher education; local, state, and federal government; organizational development; research; and advocacy, her efforts have led to strategic changes for policy, programs, and practice in philanthropy, national organizations, and local initiatives.
Table of Contents
I. For Your Consideration: Inevitable Megatrends, Game Changers, and Possibilities
II. Inevitable: Generation Alpha Megatrends
III. Transformative: Overview of Game Changers for 2030 and Beyond
IV. Transformative: Game Changer #1 Universal Systems for Supporting People
V. Transformative: Game Changer #2: Universal High-Quality, Tuition-Free Early Childhood Education
VI. Transformative: Game Changer #3 Opportunity Equity
VII. Bold: Choosing Possible Futures
VIII. Hopeful: Faith That We Will Do the Right Thing for the Alpha Generation
“Generation Alpha” applies to children born between 2011 and 2025. They will be raised in smaller and constantly evolving families, digital natives, more tech-savvy than previous generations, globally-connected, diverse, and will live and interact with many more generations. Because of these differences, the next generation and the nation is transforming in ways that adults have never experienced before. Valora Washington invites you to consider how to advocate for and influence the trajectories of this next generation.

Raising Generation Alpha Kids looks at how this generation of young children presents new opportunities and challenges, and supports and informs the two principal groups of adults in children’s lives—their families and early childhood educators.
  • Price: $24.95
  • Pages: 184
  • Carton Quantity: 20
  • Publisher: Redleaf Press
  • Imprint: Redleaf Press
  • Publication Date: 19th January 2021
  • Trim Size: 6 x 9 in
  • ISBN: 9781605547268
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Education
    EDUCATION / Administration / School Superintendents & Principals
    EDUCATION / Leadership
    EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General
    EDUCATION / Preschool & Kindergarten
With over 30 years of experience, Dr. Valora Washington, former CEO of the Council for Professional Recognition, is a top authority in early care and education. She has conceptualized, led, facilitated, and executed significant change initiatives. Spanning higher education; local, state, and federal government; organizational development; research; and advocacy, her efforts have led to strategic changes for policy, programs, and practice in philanthropy, national organizations, and local initiatives.
I. For Your Consideration: Inevitable Megatrends, Game Changers, and Possibilities
II. Inevitable: Generation Alpha Megatrends
III. Transformative: Overview of Game Changers for 2030 and Beyond
IV. Transformative: Game Changer #1 Universal Systems for Supporting People
V. Transformative: Game Changer #2: Universal High-Quality, Tuition-Free Early Childhood Education
VI. Transformative: Game Changer #3 Opportunity Equity
VII. Bold: Choosing Possible Futures
VIII. Hopeful: Faith That We Will Do the Right Thing for the Alpha Generation

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