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Focus on Early Childhood : Principles and Realities.

Focus on Early Childhood: Principles and Realities brings together a wealth of information from various academic and professional standpoints. The picture of early childhood that has emerged in recent years is broader and more complex than is commonly understood. In particular, it gives full recogni...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Boushel, Margaret
Otros Autores: Fawcett, Mary, Selwyn, Julie
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chichester : John Wiley & Sons, 2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Focus on Early Childhood: Principles and Realities brings together a wealth of information from various academic and professional standpoints. The picture of early childhood that has emerged in recent years is broader and more complex than is commonly understood. In particular, it gives full recognition to the competencies of children and their role as active constructors of their own lives. The authors of this book are from a diverse range of professional and academic disciplines, including education, social work, social policy, psychology and law. They draw on recent research and theory to e.
Notas:Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Historical Views of Childhood; 2 Fetal Development; 3 Infancy; 4 Early Development: Critical Perspectives; 5 Childrearing across Cultures; 6 Relationships; 7 Young Children's Rights and Needs; 8 Early Childhood Care and Education Services in Britain; 9 Child Agency and Primary Schooling; 10 Technologies and Environments: New Freedoms, New Constraints; 11 Family Stress and Family Support; 12 The Child as Citizen; Appendix; References; Web addresses; Index.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (226 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780470680063
0470680067