Books written by Helen Penn

  • 'Be Realistic, Demand the Impossible': A Memoir of Work in Childcare and Education

    London: Paul Chapman. 36 Jane Miller (2010) Crazy Age. Little, Brown Book Group; p. 205. 37 Peter Mortimore (2013) Education Under Siege: Why There is a Better Alternative. Bistol: Policy Press. 38 HM Treasury, Department for Education ...

  • Constructions of Neuroscience in Early Childhood Education

    Steiner-Adair and Barker, for example, aiming at “protecting childhood and family relationships in the digital age”, link the use of mobile devices to addiction and substance abuse referring to dopamine, the neurotransmitter regulating ...

  • Constructions of Neuroscience in Early Childhood Education

    However, psychologization, especially in its post-World War II intensification (if one allows me this, admittedly, rough historical sketch), could be said to have blurred the formerly strict division between the private and the public.

  • EBOOK: Understanding Early Childhood

    London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) (2012) Principles of child development and learning that inform developmentally appropriate practice.

  • Early Childhood Services

    Evans , J.L. and Myers , R.G. ( 1994 ) Childrearing practices : creating programs where traditions and modern practices meet ... Lamb , M.E. , Sternberg , K.J. , Hwang , C. and Broberg , C. ( eds ) ( 1992 ) Child Care in Context : Cross ...

  • Childcare markets

    ... cities 2008/2009: Harmonious cities, www.unhabitat.org/ downloads/docs/presskitsowc2008/PR%201.pdf Vincent, C. and Ball,J. S. (2006) Childcare, choice and class practices: Middleclass parents and their children, London: Routledge.

  • Childcare Markets: Can They Deliver an Equitable Service?

    But whether government involvement generates better outcomes than the market depends critically on the incentives and ability of those making childcare choices and the mechanisms shaping those choices.This point is most applicable in ...

  • Unequal Childhoods: Young Children's Lives in Poor Countries

    A major aim of the book is to address the question of unequal childhoodsand the ways in which they are.

  • 香港幼兒照顧政策與服務

    全港首部探討本地幼兒照顧政策及服務的文集,由來自學術界、幼兒服務機構及關注幼兒照顧團體的十多位作者,以不同角度分析幼兒照顧政策及服務的發展、挑戰及展望,並為如何配合幼兒及家庭的多元需要提供專業意見,推動社會為新一代建立更理想的成長環境。 

  • Unequal Childhoods: Young Children's Lives in Poor Countries

    A major aim of the book is to address the question of unequal childhoodsand the ways in which they are.

  • EBOOK: Quality in Early Childhood Services - An International Perspective

    This book examines how quality and good practice in early childhood education and care (ECEC) is interpreted and implemented in a variety of settings and circumstances.

  • Early Childhood and Development Work: Theories, Policies, and Practices

    This edited volume provides a critical account of the theories and policies that have informed work in the field of early childhood and explores how they have operated in practice.