Professional learning in early childhood settings / Susan Edwards & Joce Nuttal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Edwards, Susan, 1975- author.

Nuttal, Joce, author.

Series:

Professional Learning 9.

Professional Learning; v. 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Early childhood teachers--In-service training.

Early childhood teachers.

Early childhood teachers--Australia--Case studies.

Early childhood teachers--New Zealand--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands : Sense Publishers, 2009.

Summary:

Attention has increasingly turned to the preparation and ongoing education of early childhood educators as governments have become increasingly aware of the importance of early childhood education as a key part of educational provision. This collection of case studies in continuing professional learning, drawn from Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, raises important questions about the nature and purpose of continuing professional learning in ECE by drawing on theories broadly described as 'post-developmental', including postmodernism, cultural-historical theory, sociocultural theory, narrativity, and critical theory. This book will provide a valuable addition to the libraries of teacher educators, professional developers, researchers, practitioners, and students of early childhood education. Taken as a whole, the chapters provide key insights into the complexities of how adults learn in, and about, early childhood settings, and examines the possibilites offered by reaching beyond traditional developmental views of teaching in ECE.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Susan Edwards and Joce Nutall

Introduction / Susan Edwards and Joce Nuttall

A Timescape / Alma Fleet and Catherine Patterson

Revolutionising Practice by Doing Early Childhood Politically / Mindy Blaise

Creating Space for Professional Learning / Judy Walker

Ethical Practice as Relational Work / Carmen Dalli and Sue Cherrington

Beyond Developmentalism / Susan Edwards

Structure, Agency, and Artefacts: Mediating Professional Learning in Early Childhood Education / Joce Nuttall , Lisa Coxon and Sarah Read

The Professionalisation of the Early Years Workforce / Jan Georgeson

Future Directions in Researching Professional Learning in Early Childhood Settings / Joce Nuttall and Susan Edwards

Index / Susan Edwards and Joce Nutall.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-8790-750-8

OCLC:

320893310

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789087907501 DOI