1st Edition
Building Knowledge in Early Childhood Education Young Children Are Researchers
By Jane Murray
Copyright 2017
196 Pages
15 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
196 Pages
15 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
196 Pages
15 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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A focal point of early childhood education is how young children build knowledge and the ways that practitioners, parents and carers can help them to do so. Many adults find it challenging to identify what knowledge young children are building and how they do so, making it difficult to support young children’s learning and development in the most effective ways. This essential guide will help you... Read more
Series editors' preface
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. What does it mean to know?
3. Young children explore
4. Young children find solutions
5. Young children conceptualise
6. Young children base decisions on evidence
7. Conclusions: Young children build knowledge, young children are researchers
Appendices
Biography
Jane Murray is Senior Lecturer in Early Years Education at the University of Northampton, UK. She is also a qualified headteacher and a former early childhood teacher.
