EARLY CHILDHOOD STUDIES :  A STUDENT'S GUIDE / 
EDITED BY DAMIEN FITZGERALD & HELOISE MACONOCHIE 
 - xxxv, 426 pages :  photographs and colour illustration ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction PART I: The Individual Child --<br/>Rita Winstone Chapter 1: The emergence of Early Childhood Studies: an historic overview --<br/>Heloise Maconochie Chapter 2: The brain and children’s early development --<br/>Fufy Demissie Chapter 3: Children as thinkers: Philosophy for Children --<br/>Karen Daniels & Roberta Taylor Chapter 4: Children as learners: multimodal perspectives on play and learning --Sarah Rawding Chapter 5: Creativity, curiosity and resilience --<br/><br/>PART II: Children Interacting --<br/>Tanya Richardson Chapter 6: Children as communicators: peers and others --<br/>Caron Carter Chapter 7: Children’s friendships --<br/>Eunice Lumsden Chapter 8: Children within the family context --<br/>Philippa Thompson Chapter 9: 'Supporting’ play --<br/><br/>Part III: Supporting Children --<br/>Penny Borkett Chapter 10: Inclusion and participation --<br/>Pam Dewis Chapter 11: Children's health --<br/>Marie Lavelle Chapter 12: The politics of children's services --<br/>Ginny Boyd Chapter 13: Safeguarding children --<br/>Sigrid Brogaard-Clausen, Sofia Guimaraes, Michelle Cottle & Sally HoweChapter 14: Young children's wellbeing: conceptualising, assessing and supporting wellbeing --<br/>Ester Ehiyazaryan-White Chapter 15: Children, families and English as an additional language - Part IV: The Social Environment --<br/>Alison Glentworth Chapter 16: The educational environment --<br/>Heloise Maconochie & Jill Branch Chapter 17: Working with families and professionals from other agencies --<br/>Monica Edwards Chapter 18: Childhoods in a global context --<br/>Jenny Robson Chapter 19: Contemporary issues --<br/>Damien Fitzgerald Chapter 20: Young Children, Childhood and Gender --<br/>Adam Holden Chapter 21: Technology and early digital culture --<br/><br/>Part V: Your Journey --<br/>Jane Murray Chapter 22: Observing and assessing children --<br/>Amanda Hatton Chapter 23: Researching with children --<br/>Karen Barr Chapter 24: Becoming a professional: entanglements with identity and practice --Caroline Leeson Chapter 25: Learning through placements --<br/>Mary E. Whalley Chapter 26: Leading quality practice. 
<br/><br/> Focused on seeing children in the context of the world they live in, it provides students with a range of perspectives, insights and latest thinking. By doing this, it helps readers understand the complexities of early childhood and critically navigate the ever-changing policy and practice. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781529715149  RM 173.07 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Child development.<br/>Child care.<br/>Early childhood education.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.231