Early Childhood Education

"Tina Bruce is one of the foremost figures thinking and writing about Early Years education at the moment ...I present Early Childhood Education to my students as a modern classic". Fran Paffard, University of Cumbria Early Childhood Education, 4th edition, is the new edition of the classic early years textbook by Tina Bruce. The book draws on the history of Early Years pioneering educators and classic educational theories and places them in the context of modern developments in psychology and sociology to set out a practical and readable text, packed with new and specially commissioned photographs, that provides a framework for Early Years education. This new edition has been fully revised with new photography and updated to include the latest developments in thinking and practice. The book, as always, retains Tina Bruce's characteristic accessible and thoughtful writing style. This will be an invaluable text for you if you are studying Early Years education as part of an Early Childhood Studies degree, an Early Years Foundation Degree, you are working towards Early Years Professional Status, or are a manager or Headteacher within the Early Years sector.

ISBN 144413714X   Pages 240 ISBN13 9781444137149 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 520 Publisher Hodder Education   Published in London Imprint Hodder Education   Height (mm) 245 Format Paperback   Width (mm) 189 Publication date 27 May 2011   Spine width (mm) 12 DEWEY 372.21   Academic level Tertiary education DEWEY edition DC22

Part 1: Early childhood education traditions: what they are and where they come from 1 Three different views of the child 2 Ten principles of the pioneers: the bedrock of the early childhood traditions 3 Ten principles in a modern context Part 2: Applying the principles 4 Creating rich learning environments outdoors and indoors 5 Schemas 6 Representation: children as symbol-users 7 Communicating with and without words: The foundations of literacy 8 Learning how you and other people feel and think 9 People who matter to children 10 Diversity and inclusion 11 Observation that informs assessment, planning and evaluation 12 The way forward

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