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Reason, Matthew – Trentham Books Ltd, 2010
Children's theatre in the UK is thriving. Debates about why children should watch theatre and what educational, emotional and expressive benefits it can provide inform cultural policy on education. Children aged 4-11 are increasingly taken to watch tailored theatre performances, yet there has been virtually no reflective research on what theatre…
Descriptors: Theater Arts, Young Children, Foreign Countries, Drama
Thornton, Linda; Brunton, Pat – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2009
"Understanding the Reggio Approach" is a much needed source of information for those wishing to extend and consolidate their understanding of the Reggio Approach. Analysing the essential elements of the Reggio Approach to early childhood and its relationship to quality early years practice, this new edition is fully updated with the…
Descriptors: Young Children, Reggio Emilia Approach, Early Childhood Education, Child Development Centers
Wiltshire, Monica – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
"Understanding the HighScope Approach" is a much needed source of information for those wishing to extend and consolidate their understanding of the HighScope Approach. It will enable the reader to analyse the essential elements of the HighScope Approach to early childhood and its relationship to quality early years practice. Exploring…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Curriculum, Educational Principles
Arnold, Cath – SAGE Publications (UK), 2010
This book makes explicit connections between young children's spontaneous repeated actions and their representations of their emotional worlds. Drawing on the literature on schemas, attachment theory and family contexts, the author takes schema theory into the territory of the emotions, making it relevant to the social and emotional development…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Emotional Development
Roberts-Holmes, Guy – SAGE Publications Ltd, 2005
The development of the Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) sector in the UK and the development of knowledge and skills in the ECEC workforce, involves participants not only in becoming informed about research carried out by others, but in actively being researchers. This is particularly relevant to the increasing number of those reading for…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Educational Research, Research Methodology