Synopses & Reviews
Young Children Learning brings together current chinking on young children's learning, with ideas abut the curriculum for children 0-8 years old. Areas covered in this book include
7 play
7 health and physical development
7 early intervention
7 stress
7 children understanding their worlds 7 bilingualism
7 children's spiritual development
7 national identity
7 young children as natural scientists 7 assessing learning
7 the needs of parents, children and teachers 7 childhood in changing societies
Written by experienced practitioners from the centre for International Studies in early childhood, Young Children Learning shows that in the earliest years of childhood, all children should experience the delight which can be part of effective pedagogy - pedagogy which takes account of the child's individuality and development, in the context of changing socio-cultural constructions of childhood.
This book is essential reading for anyone working with children 0-8 years old; for students of early years; early childhood studies and primary education. It is the companion volume to Teaching Young Children, edited by Tricia David.
Synopsis
I particularly enjoyed Judith Roden's chapter Young Children Are Natural Scientists especially her thoughts on children's drawings, which puncture some popular assumptions' - Times Educational Supplement, Friday Magazine
Tricia David, an internationally recognised expert in early years eductaion, has brought together 11 tutors from Christ Church College Canterbury to encourage debate and disagreement....It has..some absorbing and helpful contributions which both bring forward the debate in early years education and also may cause readers to reappraise their own practice, possibly as a result of disagreeing with one or other contributers' - International Journal of Early Years Education
Synopsis
I particularly enjoyed Judith Roden′s chapter "Young Children Are Natural Scientists" especially her thoughts on children′s drawings, which puncture some popular assumptions′ -
Times Educational Supplement, Friday Magazine
Tricia David, an internationally recognised expert in early years eductaion, has brought together 11 tutors from Christ Church College Canterbury to "encourage debate and disagreement"....It has..some absorbing and helpful contributions which both bring forward the debate in early years education and also may cause readers to reappraise their own practice, possibly as a result of disagreeing with one or other contributers′ - International Journal of Early Years Education
Synopsis
The issues debated in this book include: play, health and physical development; early intervention; children and stress; children making human sense; children understanding and co-constructing their worlds; bilingualism; children's spiritual development and religious education; national identity; young children as natural scientists; assessing children's learning; the needs of parents; children and teachers; and childhood in changing societies.