Young Children, Parents and Professionals: Enhancing the links in early childhood

by Margaret Henry

Overview

As early year education and very early child care increase, parents and professionals face many difficult questions. What are the effects of early education on children? Are parents fulfilling their roles? What should teachers' roles be? Seldom asked are more basic questions: What are the fundamental needs of young children? Or parents? Or professionals? How can these differing sets of needs be met?
Margaret Henry proposes three dimensions of caregiving behaviour through which parents and professionals not only help young children to develop, but can also help one another's development. Evidence of positive change comes both from her own research in family day care and from the work of her students, practicing teachers and child care personnel. Their examples involve often hard-to-reach parents - those who are tired, employed, alienated, bossy and culturally and ethnically diverse. There are practical suggestions here for professionals and parents interested in enhancing their relationships with one another and the outcomes for young children.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134796144
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/12/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	232
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Margaret Henry

Table of Contents

List of figures, List of tables, Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1 THE TIMES OF THEIR LIVES, 2 NEEDS MUST, 3 IN SEARCH OF A MODEL, 4 RESPONSIVENESS, 5 CONTROL, 6 INVOLVEMENT, 7 MR MICAWBER AND THE MODEL ALL TOGETHER, Questions, Appendices, References, Index

Editorial Reviews

'...an excellent academic guide for those seeking to study education adn child-care at degree level, it also provides stories and experiences which will provoke thought and perhaps a change in practice by carers and parents.' - Gill Scrivens, International Journal of Early Years Education.

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