Child Development for Early Years Students and Practitioners

Third Auflage
ISBN: 978-1-4739-4456-5
Verlag: LEARNING MATTERS

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 173 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

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 Years

- new 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Neaum, Sally

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Vorschul- und Kindergartenpädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Kindergarten & Vorschule

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Part 1: Early Childhood Context and Policy
Chapter 1: Children and Childhood: A Historical Perspective
Chapter 2: The Current Policy Context of Early Years
Part 2: Children's Development
Chapter 3: Holistic Development
Chapter 4: Children's Development
Chapter 5: Development in the Early Years Foundation Stage
Chapter 6: Factors affecting Children's Learning and Development
Part 3: Applying Child Development in Practice
Chapter 7: Supporting Children's Learning and Development
Chapter 8: Observing and Assessing Children's Learning and Development
Part 4: Enhancing Practice and Understanding
Chapter 9: Reflecting on Children's Learning and Development
Chapter 10: Thinking, Questioning and Challenging: A Critical Approach to the Early Years

Über Autor(innen)

Neaum, Sally
Sally Neaum is a lecturer in Early Childhood, and teaches Primary English in initial teacher training. She has worked as a nursery and primary school teacher, as an advisor in early years and inclusion. She has an M.Ed in Educational Psychology and Special Educational Needs and her doctoral research was in the pedagogy of early literacy.