Respectful Educators - Capable Learners: Children's Rights and Early Education

by Cathy Nutbrown (Editor)

Overview

‘This text is recommended unreservedly; it should be on the bookshelves of all early childhood workers' - Curriculum

This book focuses attention on current early childhood issues and examines them in the light of the United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child. The book stresses the importance of national policy and highlights the responsibilities of all adults who work with children, in terms of enabling children to realize their rights. Practical issues are addressed, drawing on relevant theory and current research from the United Kingdon and overseas.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781853963049
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	03/28/1996
Series:	Early Childhood Education Series
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.32(d)

About the Author

Cathy Nutbrown is President of Early Education and Professor of Education in the School of Education at the University of Sheffield. Her research over the last 30 years, has focussed on young children’s learning and work with parents to support young children’s literacy development. She won an ESRC Award for Research with Outstanding Impact on Society and a Nursery World Lifetime Achievement Award. She is author of over 150 publications including Early Literacy Work with Families (with Hannon and Morgan, Sage, 2005), Early Childhood Educational Research (Sage, 2019), and Home Learning Environments for Young Children (with Clough, Davies and Hannon, Sage, 2022).

Table of Contents

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child - Gerison Lansdown
Progress in the United Kingdom
Inspection of Early Years in Schools - Jean Ensing
Language, Culture and Difference - Iram Siraj-Blatchford
Challenging Inequality and Promoting Respect
Choices in Learning - Wendy Scott
Wide Eyes and Open Minds - Cathy Nutbrown
Observing, Assessing and Respecting Children’s Early Achievements
Children with Special Educational Needs - Elaine Herbert and Jenny Moir
A Collaborative and Inclusive Style of Working
Do We Train Our Early Childhood Educators to Respect Children? - Audrey Curtis
Parents and Early Childhood Educators - Kath Hirst
Working Together for Children’s Rights
Their Right to Play - Tricia David
Questions for Respectful Educators - Cathy Nutbrown

Editorial Reviews

‘This text is recommended unreservedly; it should be on the bookshelves of all early childhood workers' - Curriculum

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