Taylor & Francis India: Early Childhood

Edited by Sue Elliott, Eva Ärlemalm-Hagsér, Julie Davis

This book captures the now burgeoning research field of early childhood education for sustainability (ECEfS) and comprises insights from an ever-widening and diverse pool of researchers, who are promoting, engaging and explaining the latest ECEfS research in the light of local, national and United…

Paperback – 2020-04-29 
Routledge

By Ann Watts

Outdoor learning and play experiences are an essential part of young children’s development. The importance of offering children first-hand experience of the natural world becomes more urgent as research evidence demonstrates the benefits of becoming physically and emotionally involved with the…

Paperback – 2020-04-22 
Routledge

By Gloria Quinones, Megan Adams

Early childhood is a time of wonder, excitement, adventure and learning. A time to experience social relations and friendships, and all of the emotions involved. The joy, and the excitement – of creating a common world with friends. A world of ‘what if’ and ‘as if’ moments that are accepted and…

Paperback – 2020-04-20 
Routledge
Routledge Research in Early Childhood Education

By Natalie Canning

Children's Empowerment in Play is an accessible insight into the vital place of play in children’s development. The book focuses on three main themes of participation, voice and ownership, and explores ways to positively and naturally develop play in early years settings. Drawing on primary…

Paperback – 2020-03-27 
Routledge
TACTYC

Edited by Zenna Kingdon

This book brings a refreshing Vygotskian perspective to the importance of children’s play, and the role it has in the physical, social, emotional and cognitive development of young children. The authors use a praxeological approach and participatory, ethical research to provide a comprehensive yet…

Paperback – 2020-03-26 
Routledge
Towards an Ethical Praxis in Early Childhood

By Una Cunningham

Growing up With Two Languages provides a highly accessible account of the stages of language development, describes and evaluates the various systems and strategies that can be adopted and looks at the problems that can occur when a child is exposed to two language and cultures. Combining…

Paperback – 2020-03-17 
Routledge

Edited by Wilfried Smidt, Simone Lehrl

How children’s development is shaped by Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) classrooms and especially by teacher–child interactions in those settings, is a major issue in research and politics, which has been researched for several decades. This book investigates this important topic by…

Hardback – 2020-03-04 
Routledge

By Helge Wasmuth

This text provides a comprehensive analysis of historical archives, letters, and primary sources to offer unique insight into how Fröbel’s pedagogy of kindergarten and play has been understood, interpreted, and modified throughout history and in particular, as a consequence of it’s adoption in the…

Hardback – 2020-02-24 
Routledge
Routledge Research in Early Childhood Education

By Jo Josephidou, Polly Bolshaw

Understanding Gender and Early Childhood is a comprehensive and accessible introduction into the main issues around gender, and what these mean for our youngest children. Drawing on key theories and research, and illustrating each topic with case studies, reflective questions and a summary of key…

Paperback – 2020-02-20 
Routledge

By Stella Louis

How to Use Work Group Supervision to Improve Early Years Practice presents a new model for supervision as a collaborative process, and explores how this process can benefit practitioners at all stages in their career to reflect on and improve their own practice. Supported by detailed case studies…

Paperback – 2020-02-15 
Routledge

Edited by Daniel R. Meier, Stephanie Sisk-Hilton

Now in a fully updated second edition, Nature Education and Young Children remains a thoughtful, sophisticated teacher resource that blends theory and practice on nature education, children's inquiry-based learning, and reflective teaching.　 Reorganized to enhance its intuitive flow, this edition…

Paperback – 2020-02-10 
Routledge

By Ann Montague-Smith, Lorna Winstone

Published in 1998. The Desirable Outcomes for pre-fives and the National Curriculum for Key Stage 1 set out the requirements for learning from nursery through to the end of Key Stage 1 in both science and technology. This book will increase the confidence of the classroom assistants by offering…

Paperback – 2019-12-20 
Routledge
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