Towards excellence in early years education : exploring narratives of experience / Kathleen Goouch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goouch, Kathy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Early childhood education.

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (183 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book uniquely describes the work of two Early Years Professionals, drawing on their narrative accounts as they robustly describe and analyse their work with young children. Against a backcloth of increasing regulation and inspection of early years care and education, Kathy Gooch emphasizes the importance of building authentic relationships with children and their families, explores how play can be promoted as the central site for learning, and shows how professionals can use play to account for children's development and learning.In analysing the Early Year Professionals'

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: If nobody speaks of remarkable people ...; Part I Research and the early learning landscape; Chapter 1 Reflections on the pedagogical context: An organic landscape?; Chapter 2 Stories, storying and storytellers; Chapter 3 Playful teachers, playful pedagogies: Intuition, relationships and ideologies; Chapter 4 The significance of talk; Chapter 5 Research connections; Part II The Teachers' Story; Chapter 6 Narratives of practice and experience

Chapter 7 Who are these teachers and what are they doing?Chapter 8 Conclusion: Mind and body, values and action; Appendix; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-94804-X

1-136-94805-8

1-282-65619-8

9786612656194

0-203-84839-X

9780203848395

OCLC:

646788527