Early childhood care and education

This collection addresses issues related to families and transition, and pays special attention to the transition to school, the effect of this on the family, as well as the effect of the family on that transition.

This book is an ethnography of teachers and children in grades 1 and 2, and presents arguments about why we should take gender and childhood sexuality seriously in the early years of South African primary schooling.

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This book offers a perspective on Education for Sustainable Development in Early Childhood (ESDEC) that is far removed from the 'business as usual' notion of an extended, predominantly environmental, educational curriculum for preschools.

Die vorliegende Arbeit ist durch die zentrale Motivation entstanden, Antworten zu finden.

If children are to succeed and progress at school, schools and teachers need to understand how children experience the classroom.

This book focuses on the representation of nature in science education in schools in the United States.

This edited collection provides an in-depth exploration of different aspects of contemporary early childhood literacy research and the implications for educational practice.

This book brings together a collection of work from around the world in order to consider effective STEM, robotics, mobile apps education from a range of perspectives.

This edited volume provides a critical discussion of globalization and transformation, considering the cultural contexts of early childhood education systems as discourses as well as concrete phenomena and 'lived experience.

In response to highly publicized incidents of school violence, educators across the United States and in many other nations are seeking effective ways to prevent and modify aggressive and anti-social behaviors in students.

This book brings together a collection of research-based papers on current issues in early childhood mathematics education that were presented in the Topic Study Group 1 (TSG 1) at the 13th International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME-13), held at the University of Hamburg in 2016.

What do we mean by wellbeing, and what does it look like as it takes shape in early childhood?

The book is a comprehensive compendium on child rights in India from a child development perspective.

'[T]his second edition book is a welcome contribution to the early years literature base, providing much needed information and a somewhat innovative response concerning how effectively to translate the Early Years Foundation Stage into practice' - Early Years`This second edition of Learning in the Early Years has been fully updated to bring it in line with the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage.

Das Lehrbuch führt in anschaulicher, leicht verständlicher und unterhaltsamer Weise in erziehungswissenschaftliches Denken ein und bietet für Studierende und andere Neugierige den idealen Einstieg in eine der faszinierendsten Wissenschaftsdisziplinen.

**Nursery World Award finalist** From a leading voice in the early years community comes an accessible, dip in, dip out guide to all the hot topics in the sector.

Transitions to new educational experiences are a universal rite of passage encountered by children worldwide.

This revolutionary book explores theoretical and practical issues of listening to children, families, and professionals who advocate for and work with young children to promote social justice and improve their lives, and to ensure no one is left behind.

'What a super book!

Helps early years students and practitioners to get to grips with the key issues, through a critical and thematic approach which focuses on reflective practice.

This book studies the many different ways in which the lives of the first, third, and fourth generations intersect and the reciprocal benefits that can accrue from establishing positive intergenerational bonds.

Reading to your children has been recommended to parents of young children for decades by literacy experts.

Movement-play, put simply, is encouraging physical activity in a child-led manner for the benefit of children's health, learning and wellbeing.

Focusing on the period from birth to school, this book is about babies' and young children's feelings, their learning; and the ways in which the adults in their lives can support their emotional, social and cognitive development.

This book offers both a theoretical and empirical examination of elite education, at all stages from the early years to university level.

Children flourish in their development and learning when practitioners and parents work together.

'This is a book to be treasured.

'This book is a very useful resource for setting leaders undertaking advanced study, such as Early Years Professional Status and the National Professional Qualification in Integrated Centre Leadership.

`This book is a tremendous resource for any early years setting.

Are you keen to give your baby the very best start in life and make every moment that you have together count?

This volume offers rare insights into the connection between young audiences and the performing arts.

Diese ethnografische Arbeit liefert empirische Erkenntnisse, wie in Kindertageseinrichtungen demokratische Partizipation von Kindern nach dem Konzept „Die Kinderstube der Demokratie“ umgesetzt wird.

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.

There are few scholarly books about toys, and even fewer that consider toys within the context of culture and communication.

'What a super book!

As featured in The Guardian, How to Raise Kids Who Aren't Assholes is a clear, actionable, sometimes humorous (but always science-based) guide for parents on how to shape their kids into honest, kind, generous, confident, independent, and resilient people .

'Theresa's book is full of lots of inspiring, practical, 'how to go about it ideas' coupled with thought provoking and sometimes challenging comments and views.

This book supports those training to work with young children to explore the many factors that impact on child health and wellbeing.