Full Description
This accessible core text to child development is for students of degrees and foundation degrees in Early Years, Early Childhood Studies and related disciplines and for early years practitioners. It introduces the context of child development, how we can develop an understanding of this development and how early years practitioners can support this in practice. This new Third Edition has been updated throughout and brought into line with current policy. It references the 2014 Special Educational Needs Code of Practice and the new Early Years Teacher status. Other updates to this edition include:a new chapter on critiquing the assessment of school readiness - increasingly a topical theme in the Early Yearsnew information and discussion of the differences between the EYFS and the first Key Stage of the National Curriculum new case studies and enhanced interactive activities.
Contents
IntroductionPart 1: Early Childhood Context and PolicyChapter 1: Children and Childhood: A Historical PerspectiveChapter 2: The Current Policy Context of Early YearsPart 2: Children's DevelopmentChapter 3: Holistic DevelopmentChapter 4: Children's DevelopmentChapter 5: Development in the Early Years Foundation StageChapter 6: Factors affecting Children's Learning and DevelopmentPart 3: Applying Child Development in PracticeChapter 7: Supporting Children's Learning and DevelopmentChapter 8: Observing and Assessing Children's Learning and DevelopmentPart 4: Enhancing Practice and UnderstandingChapter 9: Reflecting on Children's Learning and DevelopmentChapter 10: Thinking, Questioning and Challenging: A Critical Approach to the Early Years
