Early Childhood Studies: A Social Science Perspective explores key issues in early childhood studies from a variety of social science disciplines, including psychology, sociology, social policy and education. Each chapter considers a different social science discipline, identifying, analysing and critically assessing how that particular discipline enriches early years provision and research.
User-friendly student features are included throughout, including: icebreakers introduce the main chapter themes objectives help readers to develop cognitive skills, moving from...
Early Childhood Studies: A Social Science Perspective explores key issues in early childhood studies from a variety of social science disciplines, ...
This title explores key issues in early childhood studies from a social science perspective, exploring how social science can offer explanations to many aspects of human behaviour.
This title explores key issues in early childhood studies from a social science perspective, exploring how social science can offer explanations to ma...
A comprehensive guide to the requirements for achieving Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (QTLS) status. It explores key themes of teaching and learning in the context of the lifelong learning sector, showing how these two processes are inextricably linked and how to apply these theories to practice.
A comprehensive guide to the requirements for achieving Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (QTLS) status. It explores key themes of teaching and le...
Applying social science subjects such as psychology, sociology, social policy and research methods to Early Years can help to raise standards and ensure good practice. These subjects inform much of the academic curriculum within many Early Years programmes and are subjects that make an important contribution to understanding children's behaviour, growth and development. The book identifies, analyses and assesses how social science enriches Early Years as opposed to regarding Early Years and social science as distinct. Each chapter imaginatively introduces the main learning objectives and...
Applying social science subjects such as psychology, sociology, social policy and research methods to Early Years can help to raise standards and ensu...
Psychology is an important part of the social work syllabus, usually studied as a separate module in the first year, but also integrated within the academic curriculum. This fully updated edition will help students understand the concepts of psychology and apply them to their own practice. It shows that, for social workers, it is important for psychology to be studied in the contexts of social care, as it offers potential explanations of complex aspects of human behaviour and development.
An overview of the key psychological approaches is given and the author demonstrates how these can...
Psychology is an important part of the social work syllabus, usually studied as a separate module in the first year, but also integrated within the ac...