Bloomsbury Early Childhood Studies: Enhancing Employability and Professional Practice

Product Description Early Childhood Studies: Enhancing Employability and Professional Practice explores essential aspects of best practice within childrens services in order to enhance employability skills, identifying how and why key aspects of best practice have emerged within childrens services. The key elements of professional practice at the centre of the multidisciplinary work in todays childrens services are considered, including: different childhoods; child development; enhanced learning; professional skills; inclusion; holistic practice. Each chapter draws together practical teaching experience with sound academic analysis to support those training to work in the early childhood sector, and those already practising, to raise their employability potential by identifying and evaluating best practice. Review "This book is a most welcome addition in the field of Early Childhood Studies. The key features of inclusion, enhancing learning, holistic therapies, the developing child and professionalism are both explored sensitively and reflexively examined in relation to how best to address children's differing individual needs." --Caroline Bligh, Senior Lecturer in Childhood Studies and Early Years, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK"The work of early childhood professionals is essential if we are to ensure that all children have the opportunity to experience quality services at this critical time in their lives. Early Childhood Studies: Enhancing Employability and Professional Practice interrogates the key aspects of the professional lives of early childhood educators. The authors have taken a practical approach to a consideration of exemplary teaching and learning practices in the early years. They explore the elements that constitute effective care and education in a holistic way that recognizes the complexity of the professional role of the educators as they strive to provide the best early childhood services for young children." --Nicola Yelland, Research Professor and Director of Resarch at the University of Victoria, Australia About the Author Ewan Ingleby is Senior Lecturer in Education in the School of Social Sciences and Law at Teesside University, UK. Ewan is the schools postgraduate tutor and chair and co-convenor of the education work based learning research unit. Ewan teaches on the Early Childhood Studies BA, the MA in Education and the Education Doctorate. Geraldine Oliver was Programme Leader for Early Childhood Studies from 2006-2011 at Teesside University, UK, and taught in a range of early years settings before her retirement in 2011. Rita Winstone is Senior Lecturer in Education at Teesside University, UK, where she is Programme Leader for the BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies.