Transforming Nursery Education

Author : Claire Cameron,Peter Moss
Publisher : UCL Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781787357167

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Transforming Early Childhood in England: by Claire Cameron,Peter Moss Pdf

Early childhood education and care has been a political priority in England since 1997, when government finally turned its attention to this long-neglected area. Public funding has increased, policy initiatives have proliferated and at each general election political parties aim to outbid each other in their offer to families. Transforming Early Childhood in England: Towards a Democratic Education argues that, despite this attention, the system of early childhood services remains flawed and dysfunctional. National discourse is dominated by the cost and availability of childcare at the expense of holistic education, while a hotchpotch of fragmented provision staffed by a devalued workforce struggles with a culture of targets and measurement. With such deep-rooted problems, early childhood education and care in England is beyond minor improvements. In the context of austerity measures affecting many young families, transformative change is urgent.

Author : Peter Moss,Helen Penn
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1996-03-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781446266144

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Transforming Nursery Education by Peter Moss,Helen Penn Pdf

`This is an important publication, which I urge colleagues to read and to consider carefully all the implications′ - Early Years `... This provocative analysis with its clear examples is worth reading for its fresh look at where we could be headed come the 21st century′- Nursery Equipment Early childhood services in the UK have been badly neglected. The consequences are serious: chronic underfunding and increasing fragmentation; most staff poorly paid and trained; access often a matter of potluck and money; low aspirations and even lower expectations. Increasingly, young children are seen as important for what they may become rather than for what they are, and the case for early childhood services is made out in terms of later performance in school and adult life rather than the needs and rights of young children themselves. No current political vision redresses this undervaluing of early childhood or addresses the parlous state our early childhood services are in. Drawing on the rich early childhood tradition in the UK, going back to Robert Owen, and giving examples from current practice, Transforming Nursery Education offers a critique of the status quo, a vision of early childhood services and practical strategies for achieving it.The book covers a wide range of day care and education services and critical issues such as staffing, funding, curriculum, models of provision and the age at which children start compulsory schooling. Within this broad approach, the book focuses in particular on the history and current practice of nursery education. It argues that the present narrow approach to nursery education is neither appropriate to the needs of today nor inevitable. It answers a critical question: how can nursery education be transformed to play a leading role in the comprehensive, integrated and coherent early childhood service that today′s families really need?

Author : Helen Penn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Education, Preschool
ISBN : OCLC:34829491

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Transforming Nursery Education by Helen Penn Pdf

Author : National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on the Science of Children Birth to Age 8: Deepening and Broadening the Foundation for Success
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 706 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309324885

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Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 by National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on the Science of Children Birth to Age 8: Deepening and Broadening the Foundation for Success Pdf

Children are already learning at birth, and they develop and learn at a rapid pace in their early years. This provides a critical foundation for lifelong progress, and the adults who provide for the care and the education of young children bear a great responsibility for their health, development, and learning. Despite the fact that they share the same objective - to nurture young children and secure their future success - the various practitioners who contribute to the care and the education of children from birth through age 8 are not acknowledged as a workforce unified by the common knowledge and competencies needed to do their jobs well. Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 explores the science of child development, particularly looking at implications for the professionals who work with children. This report examines the current capacities and practices of the workforce, the settings in which they work, the policies and infrastructure that set qualifications and provide professional learning, and the government agencies and other funders who support and oversee these systems. This book then makes recommendations to improve the quality of professional practice and the practice environment for care and education professionals. These detailed recommendations create a blueprint for action that builds on a unifying foundation of child development and early learning, shared knowledge and competencies for care and education professionals, and principles for effective professional learning. Young children thrive and learn best when they have secure, positive relationships with adults who are knowledgeable about how to support their development and learning and are responsive to their individual progress. Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 offers guidance on system changes to improve the quality of professional practice, specific actions to improve professional learning systems and workforce development, and research to continue to build the knowledge base in ways that will directly advance and inform future actions. The recommendations of this book provide an opportunity to improve the quality of the care and the education that children receive, and ultimately improve outcomes for children.

Author : Marie Masterson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 1938113837

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Transforming Teaching by Marie Masterson Pdf

Child-centered lesson planning provides a system to strengthen teaching. Great lesson planning helps teachers to choose a range of strategies that match what children are learning and doing-- from directed mini-lessons to facilitated group activities.

Author : Lesley Abbott,Dr Helen Moylett,Helen Moylett
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2002-11-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135708627

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Early Education Transformed by Lesley Abbott,Dr Helen Moylett,Helen Moylett Pdf

Early Education Reformed provides a strong foundation of knowledge about aspects of early years education, by summarising the current status and outlining paths of development for now and the future. Specially commissioned papers by some of the most respected academics currently working in the field of early childhood and education means that this book will be essential reading for early years teachers and staff, social and child-care workers, researchers and policy-makers.

Author : Sharon Lynn Kagan,Kristie Kauerz
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780807752968

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Early Childhood Systems by Sharon Lynn Kagan,Kristie Kauerz Pdf

In this seminal volume, leading authorities strategize about how to create early childhood systems that transcend politics and economics to serve the needs of all young children. The authors offer different interpretations of the nature of early childhood systems, discuss the elements necessary to support their development, and examine how effectiveness can be assessed. With a combination of cutting-edge scholarship and practical examples of systems-building efforts taking place in the field, this book provides the foundation educators and policymakers need to take important steps toward developing more conceptually integrated approaches to early childhood care, education, and comprehensive services.

Author : Stefan Faas,Dagmar Kasüschke,Elena Nitecki,Mathias Urban,Helge Wasmuth
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030271190

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Globalization, Transformation, and Cultures in Early Childhood Education and Care by Stefan Faas,Dagmar Kasüschke,Elena Nitecki,Mathias Urban,Helge Wasmuth Pdf

This edited volume provides a critical discussion of globalization and transformation, considering the cultural contexts of early childhood education systems as discourses as well as concrete phenomena and ‘lived experience.’ The book focuses on theoretical explorations and critical discourses at the level of education policy (macro), the level of institutions (meso), and the level of social interactions (micro). The chapters offer a wide range of interpretative, contextualized perspectives on early childhood education as a cultural construct.

Author : Deb Curtis,Margie Carter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Design
ISBN : UOM:49015002974211

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Designs for Living and Learning by Deb Curtis,Margie Carter Pdf

Give children wondrous places to learn and grow! Drawing inspiration from a variety of approaches--from Waldorf to Montessori to Reggio to Greenman, Prescott, and Olds--the authors outline hundreds of ways to create healthy and inviting physical, social, and emotional environments for children in child care. Full-color photographs of actual early childhood programs demonstrate that the spaces children learn and grow in can be comfortable for children, teachers, and parents alike. Margie Carter serves on the adjunct faculty at Pacific Oaks College Northwest, Seattle, Washington. Deb Curtis works as a child care teacher at the Burlington Little School in Seattle. Their other books include The Art of Awareness, The Visionary Director, Training Teachers, Spreading the News, and Reflecting Children's Lives.

Author : Martin Pace
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781472907370

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I Love Forest School by Martin Pace Pdf

This is not a treatise to get children into the outdoors ? that is acknowledged as read. This is a book which considers the following: (i) Different approaches educators can take to working with children in outdoor environments (ii) The benefits of each approach, favouring those which are more child-led. (iii) The book will examine how practice in the woodland can influence educators and how they can support children's learning outdoors and indoors. The book will bring new understandings to practice in the nursery garden or school grounds, and will include an evaluation of how practice at Reflections Nursery has changed and developed in this context.

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on Financing Early Care and Education with a Highly Qualified Workforce
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780309470438

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Transforming the Financing of Early Care and Education by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on Financing Early Care and Education with a Highly Qualified Workforce Pdf

High-quality early care and education for children from birth to kindergarten entry is critical to positive child development and has the potential to generate economic returns, which benefit not only children and their families but society at large. Despite the great promise of early care and education, it has been financed in such a way that high-quality early care and education have only been available to a fraction of the families needing and desiring it and does little to further develop the early-care-and-education (ECE) workforce. It is neither sustainable nor adequate to provide the quality of care and learning that children and families needâ€"a shortfall that further perpetuates and drives inequality. Transforming the Financing of Early Care and Education outlines a framework for a funding strategy that will provide reliable, accessible high-quality early care and education for young children from birth to kindergarten entry, including a highly qualified and adequately compensated workforce that is consistent with the vision outlined in the 2015 report, Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8: A Unifying Foundation. The recommendations of this report are based on essential features of child development and early learning, and on principles for high-quality professional practice at the levels of individual practitioners, practice environments, leadership, systems, policies, and resource allocation.

Author : Deb Curtis,Margie Carter
Publisher : Redleaf Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-12-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781605543734

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Designs for Living and Learning, Second Edition by Deb Curtis,Margie Carter Pdf

You likely have dreams for your early childhood environment that are greater than rating scales, regulations, and room arrangements. Designs for Living and Learning has been a favorite resource among educators and caregivers for more than a decade, and this new edition is packed with even more ideas that can be used as you create captivating environments that nurture children, families, and staff while supporting children's learning. With hundreds of all-new colorful photographs of real early learning settings and a multitude of simple and practical concepts for creative indoor and outdoor spaces and learning materials, this book truly is a source of inspiration as you learn how to shape welcoming spaces where children can learn and grow. Expanded chapters include new information reflecting current trends and concerns in early childhood, such as the use of repurposed and nontraditional materials, children in the outdoors, alternative ways to think about providing for learning outcomes, facing and overcoming barriers and negotiating change, and the impact of environmental rating scales in Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS). Two new chapters are included, one highlighting the transformations of environments with before and after photos and outlines of the process, and the other with examples of soliciting children's ideas about the environment. Deb Curtis and Margie Carter are internationally acclaimed experts in early childhood. They host three-day institutes and professional development seminars for early childhood professionals; consult with early childhood programs across North America, Australia, and New Zealand; and have written many books together.

Author : Alison Clark
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010-02-25
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781135158187

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Transforming Children's Spaces by Alison Clark Pdf

Based on two actual building projects, this book demonstrates the possibilities of including young children's perspectives in the design and review of children's spaces.

Author : Sandy Farquhar,Peter Fitzsimons
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2008-02-04
Category : Education
ISBN : CORNELL:31924107993051

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Philosophy of Early Childhood Education by Sandy Farquhar,Peter Fitzsimons Pdf

This book provides an insightful reflection on contemporary issues & theories underpinning early childhood education. The essays, penned by an international group of educators, are both critical & transformative, offering new insights on the practices & policies within early childhood education.

Author : Kate Pahl
Publisher : Stylus Publishing, LLC.
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Education
ISBN : 1858560985

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Transformations by Kate Pahl Pdf

This study shows how children make meaning in a variety of modes and it challenges conventional notions of literacy linked only to print. Transformations examines how a range of activities such as cutting out, drawing, etc., are all forms of literacy.