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SAGE PUBLISHING Extending Professional Practice In The Early Years by Miller
Extending Professional Practice in the Early Years is aimed at early years practitioners engaged in on-going learning and working in a diverse range of settings. It will be of interest to those undertaking undergraduate and postgraduate training in early years, and those involved in continuing their professional development. It is a valuable and unique resource for those in the later stages of their professional development.The book encourages readers to take a critical stance in relation to a wide range of themes and issues which are reflected in the four parts of the book:- listening to children- diversity and transitions- pedagogy and practice- leadership and change.Throughout the book, authors reflect common concerns such as the rights of children, diversity and a more holistic approach to working with young children, and highlight key research in the field. IntroductionPART ONE: LISTENING TO CHILDRENIntroductionWays of Seeing: Using the Mosaic Approach to Listen to Young Children's Perspectives - Alison ClarkIs My City or Community Child-Friendly? - Dora Giusti, Roger Hart and Selim IltusHorses in the Sandpit: Photography, Prolonged Involvement and 'Stepping back' as Strategies for Listening to Children's Voices - Alison StephensonConducting Research with Young Children: Some Ethical Considerations - Rosie FlewittPromoting Young Children's Development: Implications of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child - Martin WoodheadPART TWO: DIVERSITY AND TRANSITIONSIntroduction - Rose DruryQuestioning Diversity - Jeanette Rhedding-JonesInclusive Practice for Children with Special Educational Needs - Christine Hickman and Kyffin JonesChildcare Practitioners and the Process of Professionalization - Jan Peeters and Michel VandenbroeckReflective Family-Centred Practices: Parents' Perspectives and Early Intervention - Alice Paige-Smith, Jonathan Rix and Anna CraftThe Challenges for Children Experiencing Rural Poverty in Wales - Sian Wyn Siencyn'Just Like Having a Best Friend': How Babies and Toddlers Construct Relationships with Their Key Workers in Nurseries - Liz Brooker'I Didn't Expect I Would Get Tons of Friends... More Each Day': Children's Experiences of Friendship during the Transition to School - Sally PetersPostmodern and Post-Structuralist Perspectives on Early Childhood Education - Deborah AlbonPART THREE: PEDAGOGY AND PRACTICEIntroduction - Linda Miller'Improper' Children - Liz Jones, Rachel Holmes, Christina MacRae and Maggie MacLureDigital Technologies at Home: the Experiences of Three and Four-Year-Olds in Scotland - Christine Stephen, Joanna McPake and Lydia PlowmanA Cultural-Historical Theory of Children's Development - Mariane HedegaardThrough a Different Lens: Exploring Reggio Emilia in a Welsh Context - Trisha Maynard and Sarah ChickenPedagogy: a Holistic, Personal Approach to Work with Children and Young People Across Services - Pat Petrie, Janet Boddy, Claire Cameron, Ellen Heptinstall, Susan McQuail, Antonia Simon and Valerie WigfallPART FOUR: LEADERSHIP AND CHANGEIntroductionConstructions of Professional Identity - Gill McGillivrayLeading and Managing in the Early Years - Mary E. WhalleyBuilding and Leading a Team - Jillian RoddEffective Leadership in the Early Years Sector: The ELEYS Study - Iram Siraj-Blatchford and Laura ManniNegotiating the Moral Maze: Developing Ethical Literacy in Multi-Agency Settings - Judith Whitmarsh