Understanding Early Childhood: Issues and Controversies

ISBN-13: 9780335262687 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 242 str.

Helen Penn

Opis

Understanding Early Childhood is an introductory textbook for students on a range of early years, early childhood and childhood studies courses which offers broad and insightful perspectives across a range of themes on the ways in which we understand and study young children. It provides students with a clear, user-friendly introduction to a number of difficult concepts and theories in early childhood education, drawing on research evidence from various countries and reviewing studies about children from different disciplines - including anthropology, economics, history, psychology and sociology. Key changes planned for the third edition are: Updating the political and policy context throughout as this has moved on substantially The problematic nature of interdisciplinary working to become a whole new chapter Considerable updating to reflect developments in the conceptualization of the issues of international perspectives and economics Broader discussion to cover families and communities; curriculum and pedagogy Considerably updating neuroscience content More coverage of professionalization and qualification levels for early years practitioners Further coverage of ethics More pedagogic tools in particular Reflective Questions