1st Edition
Exploring and Celebrating the Early Childhood Practitioner An Interrogation of Pedagogy, Professionalism and Practice
Introduction
Rebecca Webb and Carla Solvason
1. The Emergence of the Early Childhood Practitioner
Rory McDowall Clark
2. Holding and Keeping the Child Safe
Rosie Walker
3. Developing Parent Partnerships
Carla Solvason
4. Appreciating and Practising Empathy
Angela Hodgkins
5. Valuing Children with Special Educational Needs and Disability
Samantha Sutton-Tsang
6. Re-imagining Early Childhood Pedagogy
Johanna Cliffe
7. Nurturing Nature with(in) Children (or 'George Killed the Worm')
Kathleen Bailey
8. Embracing Creativity in the Early Years
Jacqueline Young
9. Championing a Not Knowing Pedagogy and Practice
Rebecca Webb and Kathy Foster
10. Reconceptualising Quality Interactions
Hayley Preston-Smith
11. Recognising and Surviving Poverty within Early Childhood Practice
Sandra Lyndon
Conclusion
Carla Solvason and Rebecca Webb
Biography
Dr Carla Solvason is Senior Lecturer in the Department for Children and Families at the University of Worcester. She has a keen interest in ethical practice and respectful and sensitive approaches to research, areas in which she has published and presented widely.
Dr Rebecca Webb is Senior Lecturer in Early Years and Primary Education and a member of the Centre for Innovation and Research in Childhood and Youth, at the University of Sussex. Her research interests focus on pedagogies and practices of ‘not knowing’ and ‘uncertainty’.
