Early Childhood

What can early childhood scholars learn from neurosciences and its influence on children, education, policy and practice? This book explores and critiques topical debates in educational sciences, philosophy, social work and cognitive neuroscience. It examines constructions of children, parents and t..

Is there an ‘ideal’ primary school curriculum?_x000D_ Who should decide what the curriculum is?_x000D_ Should teachers have autonomy over how they teach?_x000D_ _x000D_ The curriculum is the heart of what teachers teach and learners learn: Effective teaching is only possible with an effective curric..

Is there an ‘ideal’ primary school curriculum?_x005F_x000D_ Who should decide what the curriculum is?_x005F_x000D_ Should teachers have autonomy over how they teach?_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ The curriculum is the heart of what teachers teach and learners learn: Effective teaching is only possible ..

This volume adds in important ways to understanding the power and complexity of the forces in the lives of children that impact their literacy learning. The critical issues presented emerge from interpretivist research and thinking practices that are constructivist in nature...

Returning to the core question of how children engage, participate, and learn through music, this book moves beyond traditional models of practice in early childhood music education to draw upon new and emerging insights from the fields of childhood studies, neuroscience, psychology and sociology...

Returning to the core question of how children engage, participate, and learn through music, this book moves beyond traditional models of practice in early childhood music education to draw upon new and emerging insights from the fields of childhood studies, neuroscience, psychology and sociology...

_x005F_x000D_ Cultural Diversity and Inclusion in Early Years Education reveals how cultural diversity can be celebrated in every early years setting. The book demonstrates the need for practitioners to appreciate cultural difference, value diversity, and ensure inclusive practices...

_x005F_x000D_ Cultural Diversity and Inclusion in Early Years Education reveals how cultural diversity can be celebrated in every early years setting. The book demonstrates the need for practitioners to appreciate cultural difference, value diversity, and ensure inclusive practices...

Veteran teacher educators Marianne Jones and Marilyn Shelton provide practical and comprehensive guidance on developing a portfolio specific to the needs of pre- and in-service teachers of young children...

Veteran teacher educators Marianne Jones and Marilyn Shelton provide practical and comprehensive guidance on developing a portfolio specific to the needs of pre- and in-service teachers of young children...

This textbook for early childhood and literacy education courses provides "how-to-do-it" instructions for promoting emergent literacy in reading, writing and arithmetic from preschool into the primary grades...

This book explores the relationship between pre-school settings and compulsory education. Using a previously unpublished extended essay on the pre-school/school relationship as a starting point, Pre-school and school: two different traditions and the vision of a meeting place by Gunilla Dahlberg and..