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This accessible text explores the lives and work of ten internationally renowned pioneers of early years education and care. It places each pioneer within the time and culture in which they lived to help the reader understand how theories and knowledge about early years education and care have evolved over time. Each chapter traces key themes such as play, child-initiated learning, working with parents, scaffolding children¿s learning and the environment enabling students to reflect on the differences and similiarities between the pioneers and understand their contribution to practice today.

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This accessible text explores the lives and work of ten internationally renowned pioneers of early years education and care. It places each pioneer within the time and culture in which they lived to help the reader understand how theories and knowledge about early years education and care have evolved over time. Each chapter traces key themes such as play, child-initiated learning, working with parents, scaffolding children¿s learning and the environment enabling students to reflect on the differences and similiarities between the pioneers and understand their contribution to practice today.
Autorenporträt
Pam Jarvis is a chartered psychologist and a historian. She is a Senior Lecturer at Leeds Trinity University, and her key research focus is the development of social policy for children, young people and their families. She has 20 years of experience of creating and teaching developmental, social science and social policy modules for Education/Child Development programmes in higher education. Louise Swiniarski is a Professor Emerita in the School of Education at Salem State University, Massachusetts, USA, where she currently directs the Northeast Global Education Center to promote global literacy in Massachusetts¿ schools and educators¿ professional development programs. Wendy Holland is involved in the mentoring, training and assessing of early years teachers at Bradford College, UK. She is also currently working in the Teaching, Health and Care sector at Bradford College, developing and producing modules for the BA (Hons) in Early Years Studies.