This unique and engaging resource describes, critiques and analyses the significance of a wide range of contemporary and classic ideas about how young children learn. Organised in a handy A - Z format, best-selling author and early years expert Sandra Smidt: Traces back each idea to the roots of how it was first conceived Explores its implications for the early years classroom in accessible terms Makes connections where relevant to other strands in the field of early childhood education Provides examples from her extensive classroom experience and international literature Draws on a range of...
This unique and engaging resource describes, critiques and analyses the significance of a wide range of contemporary and classic ideas about how young...
This unique and engaging resource describes, critiques and analyses the significance of a wide range of contemporary and classic ideas about how young children learn. Organised in a handy A Z format, best-selling author and early years expert Sandra Smidt:
Traces back each idea to the roots of how it was first conceived
Explores its implications for the early years classroom in accessible terms
Makes connections where relevant to other strands in the field of early childhood education
Provides examples from her extensive classroom experience and...
This unique and engaging resource describes, critiques and analyses the significance of a wide range of contemporary and classic ideas about how yo...
Multilingualism in the Early Years is a highly accessible text that examines the political, theoretical, ideological and practical issues involved in the education of children speaking two or more languages. Drawing on current research and thinking about the advantages and disadvantages of being multilingual, Smidt uses powerful case studies to reveal how language or languages are acquired. She explores language in terms of who shares it, its relationship to class, culture, power, identity and thinking, and its fascinating role as it moves from the personal to the public and political....
Multilingualism in the Early Years is a highly accessible text that examines the political, theoretical, ideological and practical issues involved ...
Multilingualism in the Early Years is a highly accessible text that examines the political, theoretical, ideological and practical issues involved in the education of children speaking two or more languages. Drawing on current research and thinking about the advantages and disadvantages of being multilingual, Smidt uses powerful case studies to reveal how language or languages are acquired. She explores language in terms of who shares it, its relationship to class, culture, power, identity and thinking, and its fascinating role as it moves from the personal to the public and political....
Multilingualism in the Early Years is a highly accessible text that examines the political, theoretical, ideological and practical issues involved ...
This is a practical, accessible guide to early years practice. The author examines current theories about how children learn best and focuses on how we can support and extend the learning of young children. This fully revised edition discusses Birth to Three Matters, the new Childcare Bill and the development of children's centres, and has additional focus on the Foundation Stage Profile
Packed full with case studies, the book offers:
practical advice on how to successfully involve parents as equal partners in the education of their children
guidance...
This is a practical, accessible guide to early years practice. The author examines current theories about how children learn best and focuses on ho...
