Early Childhood Studies: A Student's Guide

Early Childhood Studies: A Student's Guide

by Damien Fitzgerald (Editor), Damien Fitzgerald (Editor), Heloise Maconochie (Editor)

Synopsis

Student-focused and designed to enhance critical thinking, this new core textbook is mapped to early childhood degrees with a focus on seeing children in the context of the word they live in. It sees the child as developing within the context of the family, community and broader social and cultural environment. The material comes alive with full colour features, clearly marked key terms and additional online resources.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 464
Edition: 1
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Published: 04 Dec 2018

ISBN 10: 147399795X
ISBN 13: 9781473997950

Author Bio
Damien Fitzgerald PhD, is Head of Area for Early Childhood and Childhood at the Sheffield Institute of Education, Sheffield Hallam University. His research interests include gender and childhood, heteronormativity in family contexts and same-sex parenting and this informs his undergraduate and post-graduate teaching. Prior to working at Sheffield Hallam, he worked as an advisory teacher in early years special needs and in other teaching roles in schools. He is also qualified as a nurse working mainly in emergency care. Heloise Maconochie PhD, is Visiting Scholar of Early Childhood Education at Purdue University Fort Wayne, USA. Her research interests include children's experiences and perspectives of early childhood services, curriculum in the early years, disabled children's childhoods, early intervention, children's rights and participatory methodologies. She has worked in the UK as a Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Studies and Teacher Education, and as an early years coordinator and primary school teacher. She is a Court Appointed Special Advocate for abused and neglected children in Allen County, Indiana.