Early childhood studies
Subtitle: enhancing employability and professional practice
By: Ewan Ingleby, Geraldine Oliver and Rita Winstone
Contributors: Oliver, Geraldine; Winstone, Rita
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9781472506863; 9781472506825
Subjects: Early childhood teachers; Training of; Early childhood education; EDUCATION / Preschool & Kindergarten; EDUCATION / Educational Psychology
Description: "Early Childhood Studies: Enhancing Employability and Professional Practice explores essential aspects of best practice within children's services in order to enhance employability skills, identifying how and why key aspects of best practice have emerged within children's services. The key elements of professional practice at the centre of the multidisciplinary work in today's children's services are considered, including:[bullet]    different childhoods;[bullet]    child development;[bullet]    enhanced learning;[bullet]    professional skills;[bullet]    inclusion;[bullet]    holistic practice.Each chapter draws together practical teaching experience with sound academic analysis to support those training to work in the early childhood sector, and those already practising, to raise their employability potential by identifying and evaluating best practice"--

"Early Childhood Studies - Enhancing Employability and Professional Practice explores essential aspects of best practice within children's services in order to enhance employability skills, identifying how and why key aspects of best practice have emerged within children's services. The essential aspects of professional practice at the centre of the multidisciplinary work in today's children's services are considered, including: - different childhoods - child development - enhanced learning - professional skills - inclusion - holistic practice Each chapter draws together practical teaching experience with sound academic analysis to support those training to work in the early childhood sector, and those already practising, to raise their employability potential by identifying and evaluating best practice"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Different Childhoods and Best Practice2. Raising Awareness of the Developing Child and Best Practice3. Best Practice and Enhancing Learning4. Enhancing Best Practice through Professional Skills5. Inclusion and its Emergence as a Key Aspect of Best Practice6. The Rising Importance of Holistic Practice in Early Childhood StudiesConclusionAnswersReferencesIndex.