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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784951503321

Autore

Goouch Kathy

Titolo

Towards excellence in early years education : exploring narratives of experience / / Kathleen Goouch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-94804-X

1-136-94805-8

1-282-65619-8

9786612656194

0-203-84839-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 p.)

Disciplina

372.21

Soggetti

Early childhood education

Education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: If nobody speaks of remarkable people ...; Part I Research and the early learning landscape; Chapter 1 Reflections on the pedagogical context: An organic landscape?; Chapter 2 Stories, storying and storytellers; Chapter 3 Playful teachers, playful pedagogies: Intuition, relationships and ideologies; Chapter 4 The significance of talk; Chapter 5 Research connections; Part II The Teachers' Story; Chapter 6 Narratives of practice and experience

Chapter 7 Who are these teachers and what are they doing?Chapter 8 Conclusion: Mind and body, values and action; Appendix; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book uniquely describes the work of two Early Years Professionals, drawing on their narrative accounts as they robustly describe and analyse their work with young children. Against a backcloth of increasing regulation and inspection of early years care and education, Kathy Gooch emphasizes the importance of building authentic relationships with children and their families, explores how play can be promoted as the central site for learning, and shows how professionals



can use play to account for children's development and learning.In analysing the Early Year Professionals'