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Professionals in early childhood education and care systems

Autor: Pamela Oberhuemer , Inge Schreyer , Michelle J. Neuman

Número de Páginas: 525

In a European context of rapidly expanding early education/ care provision for young children, the staffing of these services is a critical quality issue. What are the requirements for professional education and training? How alike or how varied are the qualification profiles and fields of work? Through detailed country reports and comparative analyses across 27 countries, this book provides answers to these questions.

Exploring Career Trajectories of Men in the Early Childhood Education and Care Workforce

Autor: David L. Brody , Kari Emilsen , Tim Rohrmann , Jo Warin

Número de Páginas: 228

The role of men in early childhood education and care is crucial for the future of all children growing up in a gender sensitive world. Achieving greater diversity and gender balance in the workforce has proved a challenging goal, despite concerted efforts on the part of individuals, institutions, and governments around the world. Many men remain reluctant to enter the profession, and once they choose this work many leave. This book explores how men in the field make their career decisions to remain in or leave the profession. Taking a broad international perspective and exploring the role of gender in these career decisions, contributors from around the globe unpack how gender concepts influence men’s career trajectories. Through their collaborative research, the team of 17 gender and early childhood researchers investigate various critical and relevant factors such as professionalisation, workplace environment, leadership, day to day interactions in the workplace, societal considerations, internal motivations, agency, masculinities, and critical moments in career decision making. Using cultural, racial, ethnic, and social class lenses to examine men’s career decisions over...

Understanding Early Years Education across the UK

Autor: Diane Boyd , Nicky Hirst

Número de Páginas: 253

The four nations of the UK each have distinctive policy and curricula in relation to Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC). This new textbook offers a comprehensive look at early years education in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, bringing the curriculum frameworks for each country together in one place. Drawing on the cultural and practical pedagogy of each curriculum, this book aims to develop students’ understanding of the development, care, education, health, well-being and upbringing of young children across the UK in a social, pedagogical and policy context. Divided into two sections, the first examines each country’s learning and teaching requirements in detail within a policy context. The book then explores the similarities and differences between the curricula, focusing on key areas such as play, the indoor and outdoor learning environment, the family and assessment. Accessible and engaging, this book will help students to analyse and question practice both in their own country and across all four Home Nations. Features include: case studies to illustrate practice and a frequently asked questions section in each chapter to clarify key points and...

Play and STEM Education in the Early Years

Autor: Sue Dale Tunnicliffe , Teresa J. Kennedy

Número de Páginas: 485

This edited book provides an overview of unstructured and structured play scenarios crucial to developing young children’s awareness, interest, and ability to learn Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in informal and formal education environments. The key elements for developing future STEM capital, enabling children to use their intuitive critical thinking and problem-solving abilities, and promoting active citizenship and a scientifically literate workforce, begins in the early years as children learn through play, employing trial and error, and often investigating on their own. Forty-seven STEM experts come together from 16 countries (Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, England, Finland, Germany, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Russia, Sweden, and the USA) and describe educational policies and experiences related to young learners 3–4 years of age, as well as students attending formal-nursery school, early primary school, and the early years classes post 5 years of age. The book is intended for parents seeking to provide STEM activities for their children at home and in playgroups, citizen scientists seeking guidance to provide...

Early Years Science Education

Autor: Mike Watts , Alison Silby

Número de Páginas: 167

The educational provision for early years is growing and changing across many parts of the world, not least in the UK. While this book leans heavily on the mounting literature on early child development in its broadest sense – physically, emotionally, linguistically – its central focus lies squarely on the growth of children’s scientific thinking and activities. Written by educators, this book is based both on formal educational research and professional practice-in-action. The authors describe children’s science concept development; their curiosity-driven exploration; emergent ecological literacy; their learning through science play; the assessment of early learning; the role of parents and practitioners within early education contexts; and some question the very basis of the science being taught. Illustrations and examples of practice are not confined to the UK, though the messages to be derived from each chapter have application way beyond the immediate context. This book was originally published as a special issue of Early Child Development and Care.

Early Childhood, Family, and Society in Australia

Autor: Jim Howe

Número de Páginas: 386

This book is both an introduction to and a reassessment of the position of children in a transformed Australian society at the dawn of the third millennium.

Australian Baby and Child Care Handbook

Autor: Carol Fallows

Número de Páginas: 412

Deals with preparations for a baby, the newborn and its development through to a preschooler, roles and relationships of parents and children, and 50 pages on children's health. Includes modern developments in childcare and modern features of small children's lives, such as computers. Includes a directory of resources, endnotes, further reading and index. The author is editor of Australia's Parents' magazine, a specialist journalist on childcare issues, and mother of three children.

British Education Index

Número de Páginas: 1016

Understanding Early Childhood

Autor: Helen Penn

Número de Páginas: 220

'Understanding Early Childhood' provides a broad and wide-ranging perspective on the ways in which we try to understand young children and summarizes current debates in child development and research evidence from across the world.

The Changing Face of Professional Education

Autor: Australian Association For Research In Education. Conference

Número de Páginas: 1044

EBOOK The Early Childhood Educator for Certificate III

Autor: Lorraine Walker

Número de Páginas: 1649

The new edition of this market-leading text has been meticulously updated for the new CHC30121 Training Package. For the student, it offers engaging content that is easily accessible and effective in helping to consolidate and apply learning, with localised content to enhance understanding of concepts. For the instructor, the updated text promises training resources that are current and relevant to industry standards and practice. Available as a printed textbook or eBook, the resource is also accompanied by a comprehensive suite of Instructor Resources including PowerPoints, Teacher Implementation Guide and comprehensive mapping.

Education and Care Away from Home

Autor: Moira Borland

Número de Páginas: 174

This literature review, brings together evidence from British research, policy, and practice regarding how children and young people in public care fare within the education system. The review suggests that many of the barriers to educational progress lie in the social work and education systems and their interaction, and argues that increased understanding by professionals of each other's perspectives and active collaboration at all levels is vital. Key topics considered in the review include: (1) the characteristics and circumstances of children in care; (2) the evidence that they underachieve at school; (3) ways in which the care and education systems impact on children's educational experience; (4) specialist education and residential schools; and (5) collaboration between departments of social work and education, including examples of special initiatives or services. The review's final chapter summarizes key points and identifies some of the main factors that may promote or impede progress. Gaps in current knowledge and understanding are also highlighted. Contains approximately 250 references. (EV)

Language and Literacy in the Early Years

Autor: Marian R Whitehead

Número de Páginas: 286

This book is essential reading for primary and early years students and practitioners in the field of language and literacy including classroom assistants and foundation year teachers.