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Understanding Early Childhood Education and Care in Australia
Practices and perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2016
In order to effectively practise as an early childhood educator it is essential to understand the theories, policies and pedagogy that shape the discipline. Understanding Early Childhood Education and Care in Australia provides core foundational knowledge that is critical for best practice.
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Storytelling in Early Childhood
Enriching language, literacy and classroom culture
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
Storytelling in Early Childhood is a captivating book which explores the multiple dimensions of storytelling and story acting and shows how they enrich language and literacy learning in the early years. Foregrounding the power of children’s own stories in the early and primary years, it provides...
by Ted Wragg, George A Brown
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2002
This book is one of a set of eight innovative yet practical resource books for teachers, focussing on the classroom and covering vital skills for primary and secondary teachers. The books are strongly influenced by the findings of numerous research projects during which hundreds of teachers were observed...
Child Care Business Success
Create your positive, productive and profitable child care business!
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2017
Inside secrets and never-before-revealed stories are shared in this one-of-a-kind book by Child Care Business Success Mentor Julie Bartkus. Julie’s mission has been to help child care owners create their positive, productive and profitable child care businesses for almost 20 years, and now in her...
Early Childhood Education
Society and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2008
'The authors who have contributed to this book bring a wealth of expertise and a wide range of research findings. This gives the reader the opportunity to link theory with practice in a helpful and illuminating way' - Early Years Update
Praise for the first edition:
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Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2013
This book provides an important compilation and synthesis of current work in transition to school research. The book focuses strongly on the theoretical underpinnings of research in transition to school. It outlines key theoretical positions and connects those to the implications for policy and practice,...
Playing It Straight
Uncovering Gender Discourse in the Early Childhood Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
In particular, this book uses alternative theoretical perspectives to focus on how young children are 'doing' gender in kindergarten classroom.
Rather than relying exclusively on biological and socialization theories of gender construction, Blaise breaks down theoretical barriers with new understandings of how gender is socially and politically constructed by young children.
Children, Technology and Culture
The Impacts of Technologies in Children's Everyday Lives
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
Childhood is increasingly saturated by technology: from television to the Internet, video games to 'video nasties', camcorders to personal computers. Children, Technology and Culture looks at the interplay of children and technology which poses critical questions for how we understand the nature of...
Feminism(s) in Early Childhood
Using Feminist Theories in Research and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2017
This unique book brings together international scholars from around the globe to examine how different feminist theories are being used in early childhood research, policy and pedagogy. The array of feminist discourses captured by the authors offer contextualised possibilities for disrupting dominant...
International Perspectives on Transition to School
Reconceptualising beliefs, policy and practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2013
With increasing attention given by governments and policy makers to children’s transition to school, and the associated need for educators, families and communities to be supported in the process, changes are often required to existing structures and pedagogy.
This book is framed around the...
The Early Years Teacher's Book
Achieving Early Years Teacher Status
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2015
If you are an Early Years Teacher Trainee, this book is written for you. It will help you to successfully achieve your Early Years Teacher Status and practice with confidence.
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This book guides you through what you need to know about Early Years Teacher Status step-by-step. It...
The Home Visitor's Manual
Tools and Strategies for Effective Interactions with Family Child Care Providers
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
People who visit home-based child care settings are extensively knowledgeable about regulations and policies. They do not, however, receive the same training on equally important “soft skills” such as communication, modeling, motivation, and assertiveness. This resource provides tools and strategies to develop skills needed to be successful in the profession.
Inspiring Early Childhood Leadership
Eight Strategies to Ignite Passion and Transform Program Quality
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
A positive, strengths-based leadership system is the key to transforming the quality of early childhood programs.* Inspiring Early Childhood Leadership *lays out strategies designed to support program leaders in finding new ways to reduce the levels of stress on themselves and their staff, and...
ICT in Education in Global Context
The Best Practices in K-12 Schools
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2016
Intended to promote the innovative use of technology in education and promote educational advances all over the world, this volume brings together 16 best-practice cases on technology-enhanced educational innovations. Experts from Turkey, Tunisia, Cyprus, Italy, Malaysia, China, India and Finland...