Key Concepts in Early Childhood Education and Care

Cathy Nutbrown

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Year: 2011
• Print ISBN: 9781849204019, 9781849204002
• eBook ISBN: 9781446243435
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Early Childhood Education

This new edition of Cathy Nutbrown?s much loved book explains the key ideas and issues in Early Childhood clearly and concisely, keeping students up-to-date with the latest developments in the field.

There are brand new entries on:

- Attachment

- Babies? learning and development

- Children?s Centres

- Citizenship

- Digital Technologies

- Early Years Foundation Stage

- Early Years Professional Status

- Neuroscience

- Sexualities

The rest of the book has also been thoroughly updated and revised, and includes coverage of heuristic play, Early Literacy Development and Parental Involvement.

The book offers starting points which provide a clear focus, further reading and discussion of research on thirty-five key topics. It is a must for students following courses in early childhood education and care.

Professor Cathy Nutbrown directs and teaches on Masters and Doctoral programmes in Early Childhood Education at the University of Sheffield.

further resources

READING LIST

In addition to the specific sources listed at the end of each entry in this book, the following list gives general sources which cover a range of topics in early childhood education and care.

Abbott, L. and Moylett, H. (eds) (1997) Working with the Under-Threes: Training and Professional Development. Buckingham: Open University Press.

Abbott, L. and Moylett, H. (1999) Early Education Transformed. London: Falmer.

Abbott, L. and Pugh, G. (eds) (1998) Training to Work in the Early Years: Developing the Climbing Frame. Buckingham: Open University Press.

Achhpal, B., Goldman, A. and Rohner, R.P. (2007) ‘A comparison of European American and Puerto Rican parents’ goals and expectations about the socialization and education of pre-school children’, International Journal of Early Years Education, 15(1): 1–13.

Alderson, P. (2008) Young Children’s Rights: Exploring Beliefs, Principles and Practice, 2nd Edn. London: Jessica Kingsley.

Anette, S. and Tuula, V. (2008) ‘Preschool–home cooperation in change’, International Journal of Early Years Education, 16(2): 151–61.

Anning, A. (1997) The First Years at School, 2nd edn. Buckingham: Open University Press.

Anning, A. and Edwards, A. (1999) Promoting Children’s Learning from Birth to Five: Developing the New Early Years Professional. Buckingham: Open University Press.

Anning, A. and Ring, K. (2004) Making Sense of Children’s Drawings. Buckingham: Open University Press.

Aubrey, C., David, T., Godfrey, R. and Thompson, L. (2000) Early Childhood Educational Research: Issues in Methodology and Ethics. London: RoutledgeFalmer.

Bennett, N., Wood, L. and Rogers, S. (1997) Teaching through Play: Teachers’ Thinking and Classroom Practice. Buckingham: Open University Press.

Blackledge, A. (2000) Literacy, Power and Social Justice. Stoke-on-Trent: Trentham.

Blenkin, G.M. and Kelly, A.V. (eds) (1992) Assessment in Early Childhood Education. London: Sage.

Blenkin, G. and Kelly, A.V. (eds) (1999) Principles into Practice in Early Childhood Education. London: Paul Chapman Publishing/Sage

British Educational Research Association Early Years Special Interest Group (2003) Early Years Research: Pedagogy, Curriculum and Adult Roles, Training and Professionalism. Nottingham: BERA.

Bundy, A.C., Luckett, T., Tranter, P.J., Naughton, G.A., Wyver, S.R., Ragen, J. and Spies, G. (2009) ‘The risk is that there is “no risk”: a simple, innovative intervention to increase children’s activity levels’, International Journal of Early Years Education, 17(1): 33–45.

Christensen, P. and James, A. (eds) (2000) Research with Children: Perspectives and Practices. London: Falmer.

Clouder, C., Jenkinson, S. and Large, M. (2000) The Future of Childhood. Stroud: Hawthorn Press.

Cox, T. and Sanders, S. (1994) The Impact of the National Curriculum on the Teaching of Five Year Olds. London: Falmer Press.

David, T. (1993) Child Protection and Early Years Teachers Coping with Child Abuse. Buckingham: Open University Press.

David, T. (ed.) (1998) Researching Early Childhood Education: European Perspectives. London: Paul Chapman Publishing/Sage.

David, T. (ed.) (1999) Teaching Young Children. London: Paul Chapman Publishing/Sage.

David, T. (ed.) (1999) Young Children Learning. London: Paul Chapman Publishing/Sage.

de Haan, D. and Singer, E. (2003) ‘“Use your words”: a sociocultural approach to the teacher’s role in the transition from physical to verbal strategies of resolving peer conflicts among toddlers’, Journal of Early Childhood Research, 1(1): 95–109.

Dowty, T. (2008) ‘Pixie-dust and privacy: what’s happening to children’s rights in England?’, Children & Society, 22(5): 393–9.

Duffy, B. (1998) Supporting Creativity and Imagination in the Early Years. Buckingham: Open University Press.

Dunn, J. (2004) Children’s Friendships The Beginnings of Intimacy. London: Blackwell.

Edwards, C., Gandini, L. and Forman, G. (eds) (1994) The Hundred Languages of Children: The Reggio Emilia Approach to Early Childhood Education. Norwood, NJ: Ablex.

Elfer, P (2007) ‘What are nurseries for? The concept of primary task and its application in differentiating roles and tasks in nurseries’, Journal of Early Childhood Research, 5(2): 169–88.

Fenech, M. and Sumsion, J. (2007) ‘Promoting high quality early childhood education and care services: beyond risk management, performative constructions of regulation’, Journal of Early Childhood Research, 5(3): 263–83.

Fleer, M., Hedegaard, M. and Tudge, J. (eds) (2009) Childhood Studies and the Impact of Globalization: Policies and Practices at Global and Local Levels. Oxford: Routledge.

Freeman, M. (2000) ‘The Future of Children’s Rights’, Children & Society, 14(4): 277–93.

Gill, T. (2007) No Fear: Growing Up in a Risk Averse Society. London: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

Graue, M.E. and Walsh, D.J. (1998) Studying Children in Context: Theories, Methods and Ethics. London: Sage.

Gregory, E. and Williams, A. (2000) City Literacies: Learning to Read Across Generations and Cultures. London: Routledge.

Greig, A. and Taylor, J. (1999) Doing Research with Children. London: Sage.

Hannon, P. (1995) Literacy, Home and School: Research and Practice in Teaching Literacy with Parents. London: Falmer Press.

Hannon, P. (2000) Reflecting on Literacy in Education. London: RoutledgeFalmer.

Hurst, V. and Joseph, J. (1998) Supporting Early Learning: The Way Forward. Buckingham: Open University Press.

Hutt, S.J., Tyler, S., Hutt, C. and Christopherson, H. (1989) Play, Exploration and Learning: A Natural History of the Pre-school. London: Routledge.

Jans, M. (2004) ‘Children as citizens: towards a contemporary notion of child participation’, Research Centre Childhood and Society Childhood, 11(1): 27–44.

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Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of figures and tables
• Acknowledgements
• About the author
• Introduction
• Assessment
• Attachment
• Babies’ learning and development
• Childminding and home childcare
• Children’s Centres
• Citizenship
• Developmentally Appropriate Practice
• Digital technologies
• Early Intervention studies
• Early literacy development
• Early Years Foundation Stage
• Early Years Professional Status
• Family wLiteracy
• Gender
• Heuristic play with objects
• High Scope Preschool Curriculum
• Inclusion
• Index for Inclusion
• Key Person
• Media and Popular Culture
• Montessori Method
• Neuroscience
• Parental involvement
• Persona Dolls
• Play
• Quality
• Reggio Emilia approach
• Schemas
• Sexualities
• Special Educational Needs
• Steiner-Waldorf Approach
• Sure Start
• Te Whāriki
• Treasure Basket
• UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
• Glossary
• Further resources