Short presentation

1 -  34 years ago I developed an academic graduate program at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem that trained ECEC practitioners for leadership roles in the field of Early Childhood, with an emphasis on the education of children under-3 years of age. I was the director of this program for about 30 years, till my retirement. The few hundreds of graduates of this programs are involved today in developing educational and intervention for infants and toddlers and their families, they work with at-risk population and in different cultural communities. They are directors and co-ordinators of community based programs for young children and their families. Many teach in teacher training colleges and a few are involved in developing very unique training for the poorly educated, untrained child care workers in day care in Israel. 

2 - Over the years I have been invovled, as a chair-person of minesterial committees in a attempts to change the government policy related to ECEC of under-s.

 

3 - During the same years I have been contiuously involved in research on social and emotional development of young children, on the effects of Quality of Child Care on children's educational experiences, on parents' culture-based attitudes and beliefs related to developmental goals and valued educational practice.

 

4 - Since the Israeli government has not participated in the OECD review of ECEC policy - I got my students involved in collecting similar data. 

 Relevant recent publications (1999-2009)

1. Rosenthal, M. K. (1999). Out-of-home child-care research : A cultural perspective. International Journal of Behavior Development, 23, 477-519.
2. Rosenthal, M. K., & Roer-Strier, D. (2001). "Cultural differences in mothers" developmental goals and ethnotheories. International Journal of Psychology, 36 (1), 20-31.
3. Roer-Strier, D. & Rosenthal, M. K. (2001). Socialization in changing cultural contexts : Immigrant parents and their image of an “adaptive adult” : Consistency and change. Social Work, 46 (3), 215-228.
4. Rosenthal, M. K. (2001). Child care and early education in Israel. In K. Petrogiannis, & E. C. Melhuish (Eds), International perspectives on early years education and care, (23 ms pages). Athens Greece: Kastaniotis. (Greek).
5. Rosenthal, M. K. (2001) Early Childhood Education in Israel : Policy, practice and curriculum. In Sollars, V. Curricula, Policies and Practices in Early Childhood Education (pp. 134-137). Malta:P.E.G. Ltd., San Gwann.
6. Rosenthal, M. K. (2003) Family day care in Israel : Policy, Quality and daily experiences of children. In A. Mooney, J. Statham & D.C. Farm (Eds.), International perspectives on policy, practice and quality (pp. 93 – 110). London : Jesssica Kingsley Publishers. 
7. Rosenthal, M. K. (2003). Quality in early childhood education and care: A cultural context. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal (EECERJ),11(2), 101-116. 
8. Rosenthal, M. K. & Roer-Strier, D., ( 2006 ). What sort of an adult would you like your child to be ? : Mothers’ developmental goals in different cultural communities in Israel. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 30 (6), 517-528.
9. Rosenthal, M. K. & Gatt, L. (under review) "Learning to Live Together" : Training early childhood educators to promote socio-emotional competence of toddlers and pre-school children.