The term âqualityâ is frequently used in early years practice - both in professional discussions and in key policy and literature - but often without question or an agreed understanding of what quality is and as though it is an entirely unproblematic concept. Through a series of inspiring and thought-provoking chapters this book supports you in considering and developing your own notion of âquality early years practiceâ across a broad range of key strands of early years provision â from the environment to policies, from work with vulnerable children and babies to curriculum and research.
This book helps you to construct your own idea of quality and challenges you to develop your own understanding through stimulating discussion and reflection points. A key argument is that whilst there are several âindicatorsâ and âmeasuresâ of quality there is no one universally agreed definition of âqualityâ in early years provision and hence dev
Table of ContentsIntroduction
1 Quality Care and Education in the Early Years
2 Quality Experiences for Babies and Very Young Children
3 Quality Early Years Environments
4 Developing Quality Relationships
5 Quality in the Early Years Curriculum
6 Policies for Quality Early Years Provision
7 Quality Education and Care for Vulnerable Children
8 Quality Early Years Professionals
9 International Perspectives on Quality in Early Years
10 Quality in Early Years Research
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