Early childhood care and education

This book presents an interplay of imaginative memoir-telling, action research data and future projection that reminds and inspires experiences academics, researchers, professionals, as well as a wider public to recognize the fundamental importance and the impellent need for more and better work in favour of true political and societal recognition of the needs and rights of children to play freely, to participate, to live fully and enjoy their neighbourhoods and cities, and to imagine and construct alternative futures, together with adults.

The go-to textbook for everything you need to know about play!

Carter and Pickett explore how educators and families can teach peace education through youth literature and literacy development.

Play in the Early Years provides an accessible overview of key concepts, debates and approaches to children's Play.

Informed by current theory and practice, this book adapts a practical approach to mentoring that is grounded in real life experiences.

Qualitative analyses of young children's learning in natural settings are rare, so this new book will make educators sit up and pay attention.

This book introduces findings from an international, cross-cultural, and interdisciplinary study of children's everyday experiences of growing up and going to school in the context of the three global cities of Hong Kong, Singapore and Melbourne.

This is a key text that enables students to appreciate and understand the central role of observation in understanding, planning for and educating early years children.

This accessible introduction to the history of early childhood education emphasises the role of history and philosophy in early childhood practice today.

"e;What a useful book for the beginner researcher!

Around the globe, there is a growing awareness of the importance of addressing students' social and emotional development and wellbeing during schooling.

This book evaluates recent early childhood education policies on the basis of a '3A2S' framework, which refers to accessibility, affordability, accountability, sustainability, and social justice.

Today, the documentation of children's education and development is an important part of educational work in early childhood education.

Prepare students with complete coverage of the revised Cambridge IGCSETM Biology syllabus (0610/0970) for examination from 2023.

'Warm, wise and deeply reassuring, I love The Sleep Mums!

Die Sprachentwicklung ist eine der zentralen Entwicklungsaufgaben der frühen Kindheit.

Recent decades have seen an upsurge of research with and about young children, their families and communities.

This volume explores transgender children and internalized body normalization in early childhood education settings, steeped in critical methodologies including post-structuralism, queer theory, and feminist approaches.

Discover simple ways to create rich, imaginative play experiences for your child using things you already have on hand.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

This book introduces the use of facilitation to support children's agency in the classroom as authors of knowledge.

Das vorliegende Manual stellt die Konkretisierung und Fortsetzung des Verfahrens zur Einschätzung und Erweiterung sensitiv-responsiver und lernunterstützender Interaktionskompetenz frühpädagogischer Fachkräfte dar, welches 2017 bei Springer VS veröffentlicht wurde.

`This book achieves what it sets out to do - provide clear guidance to parents and professionals on key aspects of movement in the early years.

Involving Parents in their Children's Learning is the story of the pioneering work of the Pen Green Centre for children and families.

Michael Steinmetz hinterfragt in seiner Studie, über welche Kompetenzen die Schülerinnen und Schüler der gymnasialen Oberstufe verfügen müssen, um Literatur in einer Prüfungssituation interpretieren zu können.

Pädagogische Kindheitsforschungen haben gezeigt, dass die mediale Diskussion um Jungen als 'neue Sorgenkinder' und 'Bildungsverlierer' die tatsächliche Situation von Jugen stark verkürzt.

`Tricia David starts the book off with a commitment to the importance of relationships.

`This original and fascinating approach to children's movement development is highly recommended reading for tutors, practitioner and students alike' - Under Five`Movement and Dance in Early Childhood offers a clear and accessible entry into the world of movement and dance and the possibilities that exist for children, their families and the wider educational community' - Every Child`Eminently readable and accessible.

Winner of the 2013 Nursery World Awards!

To understand childhood, you need to understand all of the social factors which surround it.

Learning to read is one of the most important life skills teachers can help a child develop.

In a time of automated personalized ads, artificially intelligent social robots, and smart devices in the homes of millions, it has become critically important to understand the impact of our digitized selves - especially upon our younger generations.

The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) came into force in September 2008 and established a framework for providing learning, development and care for children from birth to five.

`This is an important publication, which I urge colleagues to read and to consider carefully all the implications' - Early Years`.

This book investigates the dynamic relationship between masculinity, fiction and teaching answering one central question.

Shortlisted for the 2012 Nursery World Awards!

This book examines psychosocial risk factors contributing to the development and maintenance of psychopathology in early childhood.

This book provides a comparative look at key issues that characterize and contextualize upper secondary science education in sixteen countries in Oceania, South America, Asia, Europe, North America, Africa, and the Middle East, incluing links with elementary and early science, final assessment, and the secondary/tertiary education interface.

Wie können Vorschulkinder digitale Medien sinnvoll nutzen?

Planning for learning in the EYFS is not a simple task.

This book argues that the structure of public education is a key factor in the failure of America's public education system to fulfill the intellectual, civic, and moral aims for which it was created.

This collection brings together a diverse group of scholars from throughout the world who have grappled with and investigated the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the lives of young children.

This new fourth edition of The Early Years Foundation Stage is fully updated to bring it in line with key changes in the revised EYFS.