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Dedicated to providing a complete understanding of early years policy and the ability to evaluate its impact on practice, this book is an invaluable guide for early years students and professionals alike. The Second Edition of this well-loved book has been substantially revised including: An entirely new chapter focusing on policy across England, Scotland, Wales, & Northern Ireland Discussion of the proposed new Early Years Foundation Stage Talk of the recent developments in Special Educational Needs An up-to-date timeline of key early years legislation
The importance of interagency cooperation within children’s services has been highlighted within recent government strategy, including the Every Child Matters agenda, the development of Children’s Centres and the expansion of Extended Schools. Following tragic cases such as Victoria Climbie, the need for effective multi-disciplinary teamwork and interagency co-operation across all education and care settings remains as pressing as ever. Working Together in Children’s Services addresses a range of theoretical perspectives and contexts to stimulate students and practitioners critical thinking about the issues of multi-agency working. The book provides the reader with a critical framework...
An accessible comprehensive guide to good practice in the early years for all early years and childcare students and practitioners.
Both home and school play a crucial role in the long-term development of a young child, yet many children experience a disjunction between their two worlds. This book explores strategies for developing effective partnerships between teachers and parents for a more integrated approach.
Addressing a range of theoretical perspectives and contexts to stimulate students and practitioners critical thinking about the issues of multi-agency working.
This Classmate looks at the ways in which teachers can change and improve their teaching techniques by looking at a variety of innovative and fun ideas
The Eternalists is about seven high school teenagers from New York City’s metropolitan area recruited by an advanced educational program by a lottery to help further their education so they can attend college. Unbeknownst to the teens, there’s a lot going on beneath the surface of this program. Before long, the teens are thrust into a world of mysticism, magic, and the underworld in order to help their teachers, the enigmatic but charismatic Dr. Maximillian and the lovely
The only textbook you′ll need to support you through your entire Early Childhood Studies degree. This updated edition is comprehensive and current, with student voices in every chapter.
As the curriculum for young children becomes increasingly differentiated, this book suggests one means of integrating the learning experience at the primary level. It explains how research focused on the ways in which young children learn supports arguments for an outdoor classroom that can provide a broad and balanced curriculum across all areas of learning.
Would you like to know more about the way in which a typical child grows and develops in their first eight years? Are you keen to avoid the constraints of an overly formalized early years curriculum? If you answer yes to either of these questions, then this practical, accessible and down-to-earth guide is for you. Arguing that enjoyable, play-based activity forms the basis of all children's learning. Lynda Woodfield takes examples of children at various stages of their physical development and places their progress in a theoretical context.