Contemporary Issues in the Early Years

by Gillian Pugh

• ISBN13: 9781847875938
• ISBN10: 1847875939
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-11-25
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd

Summary

Written and edited by leading practitioners and researchers in early childhood, this new edition of Gillian Pugh and Bernadette Duffy's highly regarded book provides a critical examination of key issues in the field. The Fifth Edition of this best-selling book includes fully updated coverage of policy and research, practice, and workforce issues, as well as four brand new chapters on children's centers, health services in the early years, leading and working in multi-agency teams, and quality in early childhood education. 

Table of Contents

Introduction

Policy and Research

The Policy Agenda for Early Childhood Services

Children's Trusts and early years services: integration in action

The World Picture

Quality in Early Childhood Education: evidence for long-term effects

Inspecting and Evaluating the Quality and Standards of Early Years and Childcare Provision

Practice

Listening to young children: enabling children to be seen and heard

The Early Years Curriculum

The Tools of Assessment: Watching and Learning

Children's Centres

The Role of Health in Early Years Services

Diversity, Inclusion and Learning in the Early Years

Meeting Special Needs in the Early Years: an Inclusive Approach

Working with parents

Workforce

Training and Workforce Issues in the Early Years

Leading and Working in Multi agency Teams

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