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A Critical Companion to Early Childhood

Edited by: Michael Reed and Rosie Walker

Student Resources

  1. The Undergraduate Journey
  2. Reflective Practice
  3. The Ethical Practitioner with Children and Families
  4. Critical Thinking
  5. ICT and Learning for Students
  6. Deliberating on Practices with Young Children in the United States
  7. 'Vygotsky Rocks!' An Argument That Helps Use Lev Vygotsky's Ideas in Early Years Practice
  8. The Developing Child: Some Critical Perspectives
  9. Play and Creativity: How Important Is This in Terms of the Developing Child?
  10. Repositioning Developmentalism
  11. Security and Attachment
  12. Developing Child in Society
  13. Taking a Holistic View: Critically Examining Complex Professional Issues
  14. The Language of Special Educational Needs: Learning from the Past to Build the Future
  15. Supporting Children with Complex Health Needs and Life-Limiting Conditions and Their Families
  16. Whose Curriculum Is It Anyway?
  17. Approaches to the Early Years Curriculum: A Critical View from Wales
  18. Parental Involvement and Partnership with Parents: "T'ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)"
  19. Supporting Parents
  20. Policy into Practice: Implementing the Early Years Learning Framework for Australia from a Western Australian Perspective
  21. Professional Roles and Responsibilities: Professional Practice and Early Childhood Today
  22. Integrated Working in Practice: Why Don't Professionals Talk to Each Other?
  23. Children's Developing Identity
  24. Assessment: A Critical Companion to Early Childhood Pedagogy
  25. The Responsibility of the Practice-Based Researcher
  • Bonus podcasts
  • Video Links
  • Free Critical Reading Chapters
  • Critical Learning Activities

Free Critical Reading Chapters

Here you’ll find free access to selected chapters on critical writing from SAGE titles:

  1. Wallace, M. and Wray, A. (2011) ‘Getting started on self critical writing’ in Wallace and Wray, Critical Reading and Writing for Postgraduates, London: Sage Publications. pp. 44–53
  2. Smale, B. and Fowlie, J. (2009) ‘How do you learn and how do you know what is required of you? In Smale and Fowlie, How to Succeed at University, London: Sage Publications. pp. 105–130.
  3. Shields, M. (2010) ‘Assessing information critically’ in Shields, Essay Writing, A Student Guide, London: Sage Publications. pp. 77–96.

 

 

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