1st Edition
Educating Young Children: A Lifetime Journey into a Froebelian Approach The Selected Works of Tina Bruce
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 - Gathering Thoughts
Chapter 2 - Teachers who inspired me
Chapter 3 - What am I? Montessori? Steiner? Eclectic? - Is it important?
Chapter 4 - Which comes first? A philosophical framework, theory and research evidence? What do teachers and other practitioners need to bring out their best work?
Chapter 5 - Working with principles which are interpreted and embedded in articulated practice
Chapter 6 - The importance of parent partnership and the development of moral values and self-discipline
Chapter 7 - Play – A very complex thing
Chapter 8 - Finding how to position myself in relation to play
Chapter 9 - Inclusion: commonalities, differences…fragmentation or wholeness?
Chapter 10 - Cultivating creativity
Chapter 11 - Remaining a generalist rather than becoming a specialist within one area of early childhood education
Chapter 12 - Changing political climates
Chapter 13 - How best to train teachers of young children
Chapter 14 - Remaining a Froebelian but still exploring why and wondering…will I always be one?
Index
Biography
Tina Bruce CBE is Honorary Professor of Early Childhood Education at the University of Roehampton, UK. She was Co-founding Director of the Centre for Early Childhood Studies at the Froebel College, Trustee of the Froebel Trust and Chair of the Archive Committee, as well as Co-ordinator for the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Early Childhood Education. Tina is a Vice President of Early Education and is on the Executive Committee of the International Froebel Society and a patron of the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE).
