Perspectives on early childhood education : contemporary research / edited by Kath Hirst and Cathy Nutbrown.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hirst, Kath.

Nutbrown, Cathy.

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Early childhood education.

Physical Description:

xii, 187 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Stoke on Trent, UK ; Sterling, VA : Trentham, 2005.

Summary:

Fifteen original research accounts are described by the experienced early childhood professionals who carried them out. The research focuses on early childhood services and settings; gender and disability issues in provision and play and on how adults influence children's learning. Each account also identifies methodological issues and suggests further reading.

Contents:

Part 1 Early Childhood Services and Settings

Chapter 1 Early Childhood Education in developing countries: are ethnic minority children required to compromise their rights? / Alison Wakeford 1

Chapter 2 Reform or rejection? The impact of change on the role of the pre-school leader / Elaine Dean 13

Chapter 3 Changes and challenges: Pre-school practitioners' responses to policy change and development / Rosemary Physick 21

Chapter 4 The value of Early Years Development Officers' support for voluntary pre-school playgroups / Chris Stevens 31

Chapter 5 Joining the 'Mainstream': transferring from a Montessori Nursery School to a state reception class / Helen Barber 43

Part 2 Gender and Difference in provision and play

Chapter 6 'It's not what men do': men in the early childhood workforce / Claire Cook 55

Chapter 7 Why do boys like to build and girls like to draw? Gender issues in a small British military community / Ceri Tacey 63

Chapter 8 Seeing gender through the eyes of young girls / Rachael Leslie 73

Chapter 9 Imogen's story: inclusion in a mainstream school in Dubai / Louise Short 85

Part 3 Adults' influences on children's learning

Chapter 10 Working with children under three: the perspectives of three UK academics / Jools Page 93

Chapter 11 Using young children's drawings for teaching and learning: a case study / Karen Boardman 115

Chapter 12 Young children's favourite books / Karen Wilkinson 125

Chapter 13 Is it OK to play? Perceptions of play in a small rural primary school / Jan Christmas 141

Chapter 14 Supporting children's thinking skills in the foundation stage / Heather Davies 151

Chapter 15 Re-thinking reflective practice in the Early Years / Di Chilvers 163.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

1858563283

OCLC:

56649202

Publisher Number:

9781858563282 (pbk.)