Early education reformed / Edited by Lesley Abbott and Helen Moylett.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Abbott, Lesley.

Moylett, Helen.

Series:

New millennium series Early education transformed

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education.

Teaching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Falmer Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Annotation Early Education Reformed provides a strong foundation of knowledge about aspects of early years education, by summarising the current status and outlining paths of development for now and the future. Specially commissioned papers by some of the most respected academics currently working in the field of early childhood and education means that this book will be essential reading for early years teachers and staff, social and child-care workers, researchers and policy-makers.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Preface DfEE; Foreword The Importance of Having a Vision; Introduction A Vision for the Future; Reforming or Transforming?; Inspecting the Future; The Good, the Bad and the Possible? Linguistic and Cultural Diversity: Changing Perceptions and Practices; In Praise of Inspired and Inspiring Teachers; Quality and Professionalism in Early Childhood; Another Way of Seeing: Perceptions of Play in a Steiner Kindergarten; Protecting Playfulness; The Search for Expertise: The Importance of the Early Years; Valuing Young Children

Accounting Early for Lifelong LearningMusings from a Nursery Inspector and Letters from a Pupil 1990 98; Planetary Influences; 'If this was on the computer we could hear the lion go roar'; Information and Communications Technology in Early Years Education; Early Childhood Institutions as a Democratic and Emancipatory Project; Early Childhood Education in the Postmodern World; The Role of Research in Explaining the Past and Shaping the Future; Young Children and Their Families: Creating a Community Response; Conclusion Drawing the Threads Together; Notes on Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

1-135-70862-2

1-280-40621-6

0-203-48703-6

0-585-44765-9

1-135-70863-0

9780203487037

OCLC:

808003863

Publisher Number:

9780750708449