Early childhood care and education

This collection of papers examines key ideas in cultural-historical approaches to children's learning and development and the cultural and institutional conditions in which they occur.

This second edition of the handbook gives a new scientific perspective to youth and childhood studies as multi scientific and interdisciplinary subjects which as such have not yet found their own framing in a particular discipline.

This collection examines LEGO from an array of critical and cultural studies approaches, foregrounding the world-renowned brand's ideological power and influence.

This volume showcases proven approaches and strategies to diminish the world-wide problem of bullying, and constitutes an overview of an international and multilingual (English, Spanish and Bahasa Indonesian) approach to anti-bullying, harassment, intimidation and teasing (HIBT) education.

A practical teacher guide book for teaching young children to read and write in English.

This edited book provides an overview of unstructured and structured play scenarios crucial to developing young children's awareness, interest, and ability to learn Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in informal and formal education environments.

The book presents a conceptual framework for understanding leadership for effective educator learning in early childhood settings.

Die zweite erweiterte Auflage des Handbuchs Frühe Kindheit gibt den aktuellen Stand der Forschung wieder.

This volume discusses 14 different types of disasters and their implications on the social, emotional and academic development of young children, from birth through age eight.

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.

This volume represents current and futuristic thinking of seminal rural education researchers, with the goal of providing perspectives and directions to inform the work of rural education research, practice, and policy.

Thoughtfully curated by bestselling author and early years consultant Alistair Bryce-Clegg, this beautiful Pinterest-worthy book is brimming with 365 days worth of inspiration for early years practitioners.

This book presents expert analysis on how the remarkable rise of mass schooling was funded during the nineteenth century.

This book explores childhood and schooling in late socialist societies by bringing into dialogue public narratives and personal memories that move beyond imaginaries of Cold War divisions between the East and West.

This book presents evidence that children are the real experts of their lives.

This book provides an in-depth look on Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) and Early Childhood Education (ECE), two domains where major joint research is needed.

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This book critically examines contemporary educational practices with a children's rights lens.

The handbook is composed of chapters by authors who discuss the important features of particular types of toys, provide information related to the developmental importance of this type of toy, discuss social and cultural issues engendered by play with such toys, and review the available research on the characteristics and potential impact on children's developmental progress of toys of that type.

If ever there was a time for love and nurture it is now.

This book makes explicit connections between young children's spontaneous repeated actions, and their representations of their emotional worlds.

This book provides an up-to-date account of relevant early childhood policy and practice in five Chinese societies: the People's Republic of China or Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao, Singapore, and Taiwan.

This book analyses and synthesises past and current approaches to STEM Education in the Early Years, particularly the role of digital technologies and play based pedagogies, and provides a look forward to a new way of conceiving STEM Education.

Im Handbuch werden die wichtigsten gesellschaftlichen Bedingungen und Entwicklungen des Aufwachsens und Erwachsenwerdens von Kinder und Jugendlichen dargestellt.

This book presents state of the art knowledge aimed at understanding the clinical and socio-cultural factors that affect mental health of children and adolescents.

This edited volume investigates the effects of shifting configurations and conceptualizations of the experience and meaning of home as it is embodied in early childhood care and education (ECCE).

The new edition of this established core textbook continues to give an insightful, authoritative and accessible overview of competing theoretical positions on the sociological study of childhood.

Wie können die Schulfähigkeit und -bereitschaft eines Kindes sinnvoll und kindorientiert eingeschätzt werden?

Teaching and Learning Communication, Language and Literacy is a comprehensive guide to the teaching and learning of communication, language and literacy in the foundation stage (3-5 years).

The first book in the series Policy and Pedagogy with Under-three year olds: Cross Disciplinary insights and innovations establishes a path for the much-needed examination of the experiences of infants and toddlers in contemporary educational settings across the globe.

This book provides an extensive overview of curricula and instructional strategies for teaching children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

This book highlights contemporary questions around Early Childhood Education in Finland.

Do you want to understand young children's development in greater depth?

This book introduces current theories and research on disability, and builds on the premise that disability has to be understood from the dialectical dynamics of biology, psychology, and culture over time.

This volume provides a critical assessment of the mainstream western childhood constructions and their impact to the developing world.

To achieve EYPS, candidates must understand the Early Years Foundation stage (EYFS), and how to put it into practice.

This book presents the latest research on educational transitions from a variety of research traditions and practical contexts set in Australia, New Zealand, and several European countries.

iPads, mobile phones, tablets and many other digital devices feature in the lives of children from the moment they are born, but what is the place of these technologies in children's early years and learning experiences?

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.

Managing the behaviour of young children can be a real challenge, this book provides you with 100 tried and tested ideas for the long, medium and short term.

Among the welter of books on critical pedagogy, this volume will be especially valued for its direct focus on early years and elementary educators.

¿Qué profesor no ha escuchado alguna vez a alguno de sus alumnos lamentarse de no ser capaz de realizar los ejercicios de la clase?

This book makes a defence of compassion as an essential and significant quality that should be at the heart of the education of young people.