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Guide to Early Years Practice
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Sandra Smidt
This is a practical, accessible guide to early years practice. The author examines current theories about how children learn best and focuses on how we can support and extend the learning of young children. This fully revised edition discusses Birth to 3 Matters, the new Childcare Bill and the development of children's centres, and has additional ...
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Teaching Young Children
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Professor Tricia David (Editor)
'Tricia David starts the book off with a commitment to the importance of relationships. "The impact of emotional aspects of a school or nursery situation has long been neglected in the UK, as is amply demonstrated by the list of criteria for judging the quality of teaching drawn from OfSTED critieria". Amen to that' - Times Educational Supplement, ...
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Teaching and Learning in the Early Years
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David Whitebread (Editor)
This text provides a broad-ranging and up-to-date review of thinking and best practice within nursery and infant education. It is based on the basic truth that an effective early years curriculum must start with the children, their needs and their potential. The best teaching must have a strong element of fun, wonder and excitement, and play is a ...
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Early Childhood: A Guide for Students
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Professor Tina Bruce (Editor)
Praise for the first edition: 'Because it includes new research and guidelines, the book's not just excellent for students but very useful for pre-school practitioners across the board. Highly recommended' - "SureStart Magazine". Designed for students on Early Years Foundation Degrees and Early Childhood courses, Early Years professionals and ...
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Promoting Children's Learning from Birth to Five: Developing the New Early Years Professional
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Professor Angela Anning
'At a time of constant and rapid change in education, this book will inform and reassure early childhood professionals' - "Practical Pre-School". 'Besides advice on the most helpful ways to develop learning in areas such as maths and literacy, there are suggestions and comments about further reading at the end of each chapter, and examples of the ...
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Teaching and Learning in the Early Years
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Whitebread/Colt, David Whitebread
How can we help children to become independent learners? The third edition of this invaluable companion for Early Years practitioners provides a broad-ranging and up-to-date review of current thinking and best practice within Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 education. Based on the basic truth that an effective early years curriculum must start ...
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Regulating Early Years Services
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Peter Baldock, Baldock Peter Baldock, Baldock Peter
This work is designed for those needing to understand and comply with regulations for childhood education and care. The author relates his text to the new framework resulting from the Government's developing National Child Care Strategy. Specifically, it reflects the transfer of responsibility from social to educational services and the ...
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Inside Role-Play in Early Childhood Education: Researching Young Children's Perspectives
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Sue Rogers, Julie Evans
Based on extensive research, and grounded in everyday classroom practice, the authors of this book explore important issues surrounding play in the early years curriculum. The book presents children's views on, and response to their role-play environment, alongside examples of good classroom practice, and addresses vital questions such as: Will ...
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Understanding Research in Early Education: The Relevance for the Future of Lessons from the Past
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Margaret MacDonald Clark
Underpinning the wide variety of new government initiatives, and the implementation of new practice and policy in early years education, is the influence research has had upon thinking from government level to the educational practitioners themselves. "Understanding Research in Early Childhood Education" examines and discusses both recent and ...
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Care and Education in Early Childhood: A Student's Guide to Theory and Practice
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Curtis Audrey, Audrey Curtis, Maureen O'Hagan
The authors draw on their extensive early years experience to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the key issues in the field of early childhood care and education. In this fully updated and revised new edition, rewritten to include the new "Early Years Foundation Stage", students will find that this text now meets the needs of ...
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Early Education Transformed
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Lesley Abbot, Lesley Abbott (Editor), Helen Moylett (Editor)
For the first time in many years the Early Years are on the political agenda. For those working in the field of early childhood education and care this is both heartening and rewarding. As we approach the end of one millennium and the beginning of another, a group of people representing different aspects of early years provision and practice have ...
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Supp. Identity, Diversity & Language in the Early Years
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Iram Siraj-Blatchford, John Siraj-Blatchford, Priscilla Clarke
This book provides clear evidence and practical guidance on how to develop young children's emerging language, especially those children who have English as an additional language, and how to generate, activate and assess curriculum for diversity. The book focuses on all children's learning for cultural diversity. Practical advice, real examples ...
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Learning in the Early Years: A Guide for Teachers of Children 3-7
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Dr. Jeni Riley (Editor)
'The authors have brought together much expertise and discuss some interesting ideas, issues and research, and this is useful for those who work close to the transition point form the foundation SAGE to Key State 1 (both before and after it), including students, teachers and advisers' - Early Years. 'Although this book is quite long at 225 pages, ...
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Families, Education and Social Differences
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Ben Cosin, Cosin Ben
This book completes the series of readers for the Open University's undergraduate course "EU208 Exploring Educational Issues". One of the major themes of the book is the current controversy over early years education. It explores the nursery voucher scheme, the relationship between school and parents, the goals of education, and how quality can be ...
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100 Ideas for Teaching: Knowledge and Understanding the World
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Alan Thwaites
Children should reach the statutory early learning goals before the age of five. This book focuses on one of these goals - knowledge and understanding of the world. It contains one hundred practical and inspiring ideas for teachers to use in early years education.This book will be essential reading for any practitioner involved with children's ...
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Equality in Early Childhood: Linking Theory and Practice
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Jennie Lindon
With increasing cultural, linguistic, social and ethnic diversity within our early years, care and education settings, equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice are key issues for early years practitioners and students. "Equal Opportunities in Early Childhood" looks at all the factors involved, examines recent developments, and explains ...
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Issues in Early Childhood Educational Assessment and Evaluation
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Bernard Spodek, Olivia Natividad Saracho
Featuring contributions from those well known in early childhood evaluation, this volume addresses issues related to assessment, such as who does it and what purposes are served. It includes chapters on evaluating child care and preschools, and early childhood programmes.
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Learning from Sure Start: Working with Young Children and Their Families
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Dr. Jo Weinberger (Editor), Caroline Pickstone (Editor), Professor Peter Hannon (Editor)
'...an easy-to-read evaluation of a trailblazer local programme...packed with helpful information such as pointers for the future, pie charts and parents' stories (not translated into dry 'research' speak)...It renewed my passion and reminded me why I got involved in Sure Start in the first place' - "Nursery World". 'This book demonstrates the key ...
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Young Childrens' Role-Playing in School
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Rogers Sue, Sue Rogers
Based on extensive research, and grounded in everyday classroom practice, the authors of this book explore important issues surrounding play in the early years curriculum. The book presents children's views on, and response to their role-play environment, alongside examples of good classroom practice, and addresses vital questions such as: Will ...
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Domestic Violence and Children: A Handbook for Professionals Working in Schools and Early Years Settings
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Sterne Abigail, Abigail Sterne, Liz Poole
Describes the impact of domestic violence on children. This book provides support for education and social care professionals, suggesting practical ways in which education staff can meet the needs of pupils from difficult home backgrounds.
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Supporting Children in the Early Years
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Robin Campbell (Editor), Linda Miller (Editor)
This book emphasizes the supporting role of the adult in facilitating children's development and learning in early years education. This role is considered in relation to the principles and practice of early years education and specifically in aspects of emerging literacy and special education needs. The contributors present their work in a ...
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Quality Education in the Early Years
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Lesley Abbott
Lesley Abbott and her team of contributors identify and explore high quality work (and what shapes it) in early years education. They show us children and adults variously working and playing, talking and communicating, learning and laughing, caring and sharing in a rich tapestry of case studies which highlight quality experiences and interactions ...
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Domestic Violence and Children: A Handbook for Schools and Early Years Settings
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Abigail Sterne
Describes the impact of domestic violence on children. This book provides support for education and social care professionals, suggesting practical ways in which education staff can meet the needs of pupils from difficult home backgrounds.
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