Product Description: Evidence from research in a number of countries including Australia, France, Singapore and England is used to provide practitioners with information about young children's learning and about the shared understandings of literacy held in different societies...read more

Provision of education for children under five has recently become a political concern. At the same time, this relatively small field has been attracting increased research attention, with many early years practitioners seeking routes to initial and higher degrees. This book offers essential guidance for researchers and newcomers to the field, outlining opportunities in research as well as useful, sensitive and appropriate methods for researching childhood education.

Product Description: `Provides a useful overview of developments in early childhood education research in the countries included and interesting comparative data for further study and analysis. It should prove a useful resource book for the growing number of early childhood professionals and practitioners identified in the book, who are contributing to or have the potential to contribute to research in this field'- International Journal of Early Years Education Providing an overview of early childhood education research, the contributors to to this book provide information on: who undertakes research; where findings are published; their impact on the field; levels of research funding; and links between researchers...read more

Product Description: With 1994 designated the United Nations Year of the Family, young children and their relationship with parents and carers is back on the political agenda. Amongst recent legislation to meet this agenda in Britain is the Children Act 1989...read more

Product Description: `Its clear style and comprehensive coverage make this book an important resource for those researching child care and education practices in the European Union' - NNEB News `This book would be a useful ‘quick reference' addition to the library of anyone interested in international issues in education' - The International Journal of Early Years Education `This study provides rigorous and incisive analysis of the data in relation to the conditions existing in each of the member states included in the work' - Studies in Education `The book is accessible and informative, with a wealth of data which are clearly presented...read more

Product Description: Teachers are the professionals closest to all children on a day-to-day basis and yet they feel untrained and uninformed with regard to child abuse and how they should cope with it. Tricia David places child abuse in context, and suggests the roles teachers and nursery nurses can take in identifying abused children, and in helping them and their families...read more

Product Description: Belief in the benefits young children derive from nursery education remains largely subordinate to the belief that young children should spend the majority of their time at home with their mothers. However in the next decade it is likely that more women will be encouraged to participate in the workforce...read more