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Early Years Policy: The impact on practice book cover

1st Edition

Early Years Policy The impact on practice

Edited By Zenna Kingdon, Jan Gourd Copyright 2014
240 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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How does early years policy impact on practitioners, children, settings and families? What are the implications of current policy for the future? How can early years professionals shape and craft practice in ways that genuinely focus on the needs of children and families, rather than the interests of policy makers? This exciting new text explores the changing context and increasing... Read more

Introduction  1. Early Years Work, Professionalism and the Translation of Policy into Practice Sue Lea  2. Accountability’: Tensions and Challenges Lisa Spencer-Woodley  3. The influence of international policy Jan Gourd  4. The EYFS: Tickell and beyond: a critical perspective Zenna Kingdon  5. Future Policy In Early Years Jan Gourd  6. Up-skilling the workforce – managing change in practice Jan Gourd  7. The impact of Foundation degrees on practitioners Zenna Kingdon  8. Policy and the change in the Early Years learning environment Zenna Kingdon  9. Research informed policy myth or reality: Sustained Shared Thinking Zenna Kingdon  10. How policy has impacted on parents Michael Gasper  Conclusion

Biography

Zenna Kingdon is Senior Lecturer in Children, Young People and Communities Studies and is Education Studies Framework Leader at the University of St Mark & St John, Plymouth, UK.

Jan Gourd is Senior Lecturer in Children, Young People and Communities Studies at the University of St Mark & St John, Plymouth, UK.

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