Full Description
This comprehensive guide to the core areas of early learning and childcare is designed to equip students to synthesise theory, research and practice to become reflective, evidence-based practitioners. Featuring a diverse and experienced team of authors, this essential book covers policy, theories of childhood, professional development and urgent issues impacting the sector today such as diversity and inclusion, being trauma-aware and children's rights.
Each chapter includes case studies, key ideas, views from practice, questions and more helping to bring topics to life, making this a rich resource that will support your studies.
Dr Mike Carroll is a retired Senior Lecturer currently working as an Associate Tutor in Education at the University of Glasgow, Education Consultant and the co-author of Understanding Teaching and Learning in Primary Education (2018).
Mary Wingrave, is a Senior Associate Tutor and was formerly a Senior Lecture in Education at the University of Glasgow
Contents
PART 1: Policy and legislative context of non-compulsory care and education (NCE) in the UK
Legislative and policy frameworks: practice and implementation - Craig Orr and Mary Wingrave
Safeguarding and protecting children: from policy to practice - Ruth Myles and Jana Chandler
Diversity, equity and inclusion in early years - Margaret McCulloch and Tracey Stewart
Children's Rights and the UNCRC - Jana Chandler and Ruth Myles
PART 2: Contexts of childhood
Theories of child development - Mike Carroll
Contemporary perspectives of children and childhood - Mary Wingrave and Jillian Barker
Personal, social and emotional development - Marie McQuade and Irene Pollock
Attachment-focused and trauma-aware early childhood practice - Christine McKee and Mark Breslin
PART 3: Early Learning
Creating learning environments - Elizabeth Black and Jacqui Horsburgh
Early language and literacy development - Jennifer Farrar and Kelly Stone
Early mathematical development - Susie Marshall and Julie Robinson
Digital learning in early childhood - Irene Pollock and Martin Winters
PART 4: Perspectives on Play
Playful pedagogy - Elizabeth Black
Space to play - Joe Houghton and Kristina Robb
Outdoor learning - Mike Carroll and Jillian Barker
PART 5: Developing the non-compulsory care and education workforce
Professionalisation of the non-compulsory sector in the UK - Mary Wingrave
Professional learning and the reflexive practitioner - Irene Pollock and Tracey Stewart
Professional inquiry - Mike Carroll and Mary Wingrave
Evaluation in childcare settings - Jacqui Horsburgh and Kristina Robb
PART 6: The wider context of non-compulsory care and education
Leadership and management in childhood practice - Mike Carroll and Craig Orr
Working in partnership - Marie McQuade and Tracey Stewart
International perspectives on childcare provision and practice - Cynthia Abel, Marie McQuade and Craig Orr
