COOPER. AND. MARY. KELLETT. Listening. to. children. Summary Listening to children is fundamental to early childhood education and encourages practitioners to reflect on the different ways in which children communicate their experiences ...
... were engaging in activities for longer periods of time, and that they were developing more independent activities such as mark-making outdoors. Both practitioners and advisers considered a range of ways of measuring improvements.
'Readiness for school' implies preparing a child to reach a fixed standard of physical, intellectual and social development that ... empirical research but government policy decisions have encroached directly upon classroom practice.
This book provides a critical insight into comparative approaches to the professional learning and development of early years educators – taken to include all those working in a professional capacity with young children in educative ...
This book provides a critical insight into comparative approaches to the professional learning and development of early years educators – taken to include all those working in a professional capacity with young children in educative ...
... teachers and the benefits inherent in the new/beginning teacher developing a concept of transitions as a way of classroom/school life to support teaching and Table 9.1 Four examples of transitions as a continuing process The children's ...