This textbook focuses on the main areas of teaching young children, covering the 3-7 years age range that spans the early years and primary phases. The majority of chapters are written by both an academic and practitioner, reflecting a genuine theory and practice approach, and this helps the reader to set theoretical discussion in the context of real practice. Key themes explored within the book include: - Play and playfulness in the curriculum - Child development in practice - Literacy development and subject pedagogy - Creativity and outdoor learning Packed full of learning…mehr
This textbook focuses on the main areas of teaching young children, covering the 3-7 years age range that spans the early years and primary phases. The majority of chapters are written by both an academic and practitioner, reflecting a genuine theory and practice approach, and this helps the reader to set theoretical discussion in the context of real practice.
Key themes explored within the book include:
- Play and playfulness in the curriculum
- Child development in practice
- Literacy development and subject pedagogy
- Creativity and outdoor learning
Packed full of learning features such as case studies, reflective questions and lesson plans, Teaching Early Years is an essential resource for both students and practitioners, and will enhance your knowledge of how young children think and learn.
Dr. Amanda Thomas is a Senior Lecturer in Early Years education at USW and teaches on the Early Years Education degree and the Working with Children and Families degree. She has taught in both Primary and Further Education before taking up her role in higher Education in 2011. Amanda currently teaches on a range of education modules including play, child development, pedagogy, and leading and managing others. She competed her PhD in 2018 exploring children's schemas in the Foundation Phase. She has had books and research published on Early Years education, Schemas and Transitions within education. Amanda has just completed a suite of materials for the Welsh Government on schemas. In her spare time, Amanda is a trustee of a charity trying to restore the former miners' institute in her local village.
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Chapter 1: Introduction - Amanda Thomas and Karen McInnes Chapter 2: What can we learn from UK Early Years curricula? - Claire Pescott Chapter 3: Child development in practice - Karen McInnes and Holly Gallan Chapter 4: Play and playfulness: The foundation of learning and development - Karen McInnes and Natacha Yuen Chapter 5: Understanding well-being in the Early Years - Alyson Lewis and Lucy Rees Chapter 6: Playing with words - becoming a reader and writer - Rhiannon Packer, Philippa Watkins and Marc Hughes Chapter 7: Developing mathematical confidence in the Early Years - Catherine Jones Chapter 8: Becoming a scientist through an experiential pedagogy - Amanda Thomas, Karen Parker, Carole Carter and Clare Griffiths Chapter 9: Inspiring creativity in the Early Years - Catherine Jones and Francine Davies Chapter10: Into the great outdoors: Opportunities and experiences - Alyson Lewis and Rebecca Poole Chapter 11: Conclusion - Amanda Thomas and Karen McInnes
Chapter 1: Introduction - Amanda Thomas and Karen McInnes Chapter 2: What can we learn from UK Early Years curricula? - Claire Pescott Chapter 3: Child development in practice - Karen McInnes and Holly Gallan Chapter 4: Play and playfulness: The foundation of learning and development - Karen McInnes and Natacha Yuen Chapter 5: Understanding well-being in the Early Years - Alyson Lewis and Lucy Rees Chapter 6: Playing with words - becoming a reader and writer - Rhiannon Packer, Philippa Watkins and Marc Hughes Chapter 7: Developing mathematical confidence in the Early Years - Catherine Jones Chapter 8: Becoming a scientist through an experiential pedagogy - Amanda Thomas, Karen Parker, Carole Carter and Clare Griffiths Chapter 9: Inspiring creativity in the Early Years - Catherine Jones and Francine Davies Chapter10: Into the great outdoors: Opportunities and experiences - Alyson Lewis and Rebecca Poole Chapter 11: Conclusion - Amanda Thomas and Karen McInnes
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This new book on Teaching Early Years provides a fresh take on the effective translation of an Early Years curriculum into practice. It advocates an early years pedagogy, which is experiential in nature and playful in approach, but also explicitly emphasises the role of the early years practitioner in the learning process. A key strength of the book therefore is its ability to bridge the gap between the early years of education and the early years of primary schooling, catering for children aged 0-7 years. The book is particularly innovative in its strong interplay between cutting edge theory and practice-based evidence, reinforced by the unique mix of shared authorship where each chapter reflects a blend of academic and practitioner perspectives, focusing on a broad range of curricular areas of learning. Each chapter is illustrated throughout with case studies of children aged 0-7 from a range of settings, lesson plans, short summaries of chapters, questions for practitioners and further reading, all of which successfully promote engagement on the part of the reader as well as fostering a culture of reflective teaching in practice.
Teaching Early Years will be an invaluable resource for any student studying early childhood studies or training to teach at early years or primary levels. This book is also ideal for early years and primary practitioners. Although focused principally on a Welsh and English context, this book has much to offer Early Years students and practitioners across the globe.