Foreword

Notes on the contributors

Acknowledgements

Part I Exploring curriculum issues

Exploring issues in early years education and care

Linda Miller

Rose Drury

Robin Campbell

Literacy in early childhood settings in two countries: a comparison of policy into practice issues

Linda Miller

Janet Soler

Lyn Foote

John Smith

Exploring key literacy learning: own name and alphabet

Robin Campbell

The essence of history in the early years

Rosie Turner-Bisset

Drawing as a language in the early years

Rosemary Allen

Developing thinking skills through scientific and mathematical experiences in the early years

Jane Devereux

Researching young children

John Oates

Part II Exploring issues of inclusion

Who's listening? Who's teaching? Good circumstances for the language development of young bilinguals in early years settings

Tim Parke

Rose Drury

Parent partnership and inclusion in the early years

Alice Paige-Smith

Including a deaf child in an early years context: issues for practitioners

Joy Jarvis

Health inequalities in early childhood

Angela Underdown

Work, play and learning in the lives of young children

Martin Woodhead

References

Index