1st Edition

Partnership with Parents in Early Childhood Settings Insights from Five European Countries

Edited By Liz Hryniewicz, Paulette Luff Copyright 2021
196 Pages 35 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

196 Pages 35 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

196 Pages 35 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Partnership with Parents in Early Childhood Settings examines how practitioners can work effectively with parents and families, acknowledging the complex nature of these relationships. Drawing on policy, research and practice from kindergartens and early years settings in five European countries, it provides insight into how political, social and cultural contexts affect the relationships... Read more

Foreword

1. Introduction

Part One: England

2. Policy context

3. Examples from practice

4. Insights from research

Part Two: Croatia

5. Policy context in Croatia

6. Examples from practice

7. Insights from research

Part Three: Norway

8 Policy context in Norway

9. Examples from practice

10. Insights from research

Part Four: Poland

11. Policy context

12. Examples from practice

13. Insights from research

Part Five: Greece

14. Policy context

15. Examples from practice

16. Insights from research

Conclusions and ways forward

Biography

Liz Hryniewicz is Head of Undergraduate Programmes in the Faculty of Education at Canterbury Christ Church University. Previous roles include Programme Director of the MA in Early Years and Project Director of New Leaders in Early Years. She is an executive committee member of OMEP UK. Her research interests include the development of teacher educators’ research profiles, professional identity and phenomenological enquiry.

Paulette Luff is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education and Social Care at Anglia Ruskin University. She is Course Leader for the MA in Early Childhood Education and convener of the Early Childhood Research Group. Paulette has worked in the field of early childhood throughout her career as a teacher and researcher. She is currently President of OMEP UK.