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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Author Biographies
Foreword
Prof. Ian Barron
Introduction
Jim Dobson and Alexandra Melrose
Section I: Navigating the workplace
Chapter 1 Compassionate spaces: Caring for self and others whilst working with children, young people and families
Jim Dobson, Josie Gabi, Jayne Mugglestone and Lindsay Schofield
Chapter 2 Professionalism in Practice
Alexandra Melrose
Chapter 3 ‘Women’s Work’: Gender Discrimination in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC)
Juliette Wilson-Thomas
Section II: Self-development and building confidence
Chapter 4 Cultivating a critical understanding of child development
Patricia Giardiello
Chapter 5 ‘Managing doubts’ to take safeguarding action
Martin Needham
Chapter 6 Children and Digital Technology: ‘Millennium’ generations to critical undergraduate educators
Steven Naylor
Chapter 7 Constructing Critical Spaces for Creativity
Rajesh Patel
Chapter 8 Reflecting on Practice
Amanda Davis
Section III: Children on the edge: Marginalisation and empowerment
Chapter 9 Precarious Lives: Refugee children’s identity and belonging in the UK Early Years Foundation Stage
Josie Gabi
Chapter 10 Working with Vulnerable Families
Jim Dobson
Chapter 11 Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing
Josie Gabi and Alexandra Melrose
Index
