Description
Book SynopsisEarly Childhood is a complex and diverse field. This text is designed to help students understand and engage with current themes in early childhood, supporting the development of critical thinking skills. Key themes such as children's voice, child wellbeing, identities and professional relationships are presented and opened up for the reader through essential theory and selected extracts. Thought provoking activities in all chapters help students to get a deeper understanding of contemporary themes in early childhood, supporting them in assignment writing and in linking theory to practice.
About the Early Years Series
This series has been designed to support students of degrees and foundation degrees in Early Years, Early Childhood and related disciplines. Each text takes a focused look at a specific topic and approaches it in an accessible and user-friendly way. Learning features help readers engage with the text and understand the subject from a numbe
Trade Review
′Ideal as text for students engaged in early childhood studies courses, this is also a very useful starting point for stimulating discussion and reflection among members of existing early years teams′ -- Early Years Update
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION: THEMES AND DEBATES - Mary Wild and Alison Street STRAND 1: EXPLORING IDENTITIES Equality and Difference in the Early Years - Alison Street Children′s Rights and Children′s Voice - Catherine Gilson Working Inclusively in the Early Years - Catherine Gilson and Alison Street STRAND 2: EXPLORING LEARNING AND WELL-BEING Exploring How Children in the Early Years - Mary Wild The Place of Play in the Early Years Curriculum - Nick Swarbrick Ensuring Children′s Emotional Well-being in the Early Years - Mary Wild and Ingram Lloyd STRAND 3: EXPLORING PROFESSIONALISM Working with Families in the Early Years - Alison Street and Mary Wild Professionalism - Raising the Stakes in the Early Years: ′She′s Only Going to Work with Little Children′ - Helena Mitchell and Ingram Lloyd Multi-professional Working in the Early Years - Helena Mitchell
