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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786831103321

Autore

Featherstone Sally

Titolo

Independent learning in the foundation stage / / Sally Featherstone, Ros Bayley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury, , 2013

©2011

ISBN

1-4081-9395-7

1-4081-9394-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Collana

Featherstone professional development

Disciplina

372.210941

Soggetti

Early childhood education - Great Britain

Effective teaching - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. ed. of: Foundations for independence. Lutterworth : Featherstone Education, 2002.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-192).

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Introduction; Section 1: Setting the Scene; Chapter 1: Recognising independent learning; Chapter 2: The story of pre-five education and the child as independent thinker; Chapter 3: Recent knowledge and recent pressures; Section 2: Developing Independent Learners; Chapter 4: What helps a child to become an independent learner?; Chapter 5: How adults can help and support children's independence; Chapter 6: What the setting can contribute to independent learning; Section 3: Promoting Independent Learning; Chapter 7: How to improve provision to encourage independent learning

Chapter 8: Role-playChapter 9: Outdoor play; Chapter 10: Construction; Chapter 11: Storytelling; Chapter 12: Writing; Chapter 13: Music, movement and drama; Chapter 14: Creativity and critical thinking; Chapter 15: Messy activities; Chapter 16: Systems, structures and organisation; Section 4: Managing the Learning; Chapter 17: Identifying excellence; Chapter 18: Managing change; The Last Word; Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

Developing children as independent learners starts in the early years. Scientific evidence as well as the experience of experts confirms that children between three and six learn most effectively by doing. This



work looks at the theory of independent lear