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Do you need good leaders to achieve good quality or does good quality create good leadership?

Quality is a term frequently used to describe early years provision without any further explanation of exactly what this 'quality provision' looks like or how it can be achieved.

This book not only unpicks what is meant by the term 'quality' in England, across the UK, and beyond, but it does so in the context of how to lead in order to develop and achieve quality. In exploring quality and leadership and the ways in which both terms have been conceptualised from...

Suitable for students in all early years/early childhood courses, as well as interested practitioners, this book looks at the current structure of early childhood education and care workforce in various countries - Australia, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Russia, Germany, the Philippines, Sweden, and the UK - each of which represents a distinct philosophical tradition. It traces what has shaped this structure and examines how politics and policy have molded the workforce over time. Each chapter analyzes historical, philosophical, and political developments in the respective country and looks at the...

This book celebrates the knowledge Early Years practitioners already have, the knowledge that they will develop in their practical and theoretical training and the knowledge that cannot be described, but is none-the-less important in guiding the daily work of the early years sector. Theoretical and practical knowledge are also brought together in this book while encouraging critical consideration of alternative forms of knowledge such as attitudes and beliefs. Providing international examples and theoretical discussions on the challenges and rewards of working in the early years, this book...

This book celebrates the knowledge Early Years practitioners already have, the knowledge that they will develop in their practical and theoretical training and the knowledge that cannot be described, but is none-the-less important in guiding the daily work of the early years sector. Theoretical and practical knowledge are also brought together in this book while encouraging critical consideration of alternative forms of knowledge such as attitudes and beliefs. Providing international examples and theoretical discussions on the challenges and rewards of working in the early years, this book...