Early Childhood Education

IntroductionPART ONE: A SHORT HISTORY OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION The Legacy of History Early Childhood Education in the UK: A Brief History Foundation Stones: Some Key Figures Whose Work Has Influenced Thinking and Development of Provision for Young PeopleInto the Twenty-First Century: Twenty-Five Years of Policy Change Understanding Recent History: 1988-2013 Into the Future, Learning from the Past PART TWO: THE PIONEERS: THEIR LIVES AND WORKS Socrates John Amos Komensky (Comenius) Jean Jacques Rousseau Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi Robert Owen Friedrich Froebel Charles Dickens Charlotte Mason Rudolf Steiner Sigmund Freud Rachel McMillan John Dewey Margaret McMillan Maria Montessori Alexander Sutherland (A.S. Neill) Susan Sutherland Isaacs Louis Christian Schiller Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky Donald Woods Winnicott Jean Piaget Erik Erikson Carl Rogers Robin Tanner Burrhus Frederick Skinner Sir Alexander Bradshow Clegg (Alec Clegg) Loris Malaguzzi Chris AtheyPART THREE: TALKING OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION: NINE CONVERSATIONS Conversation 1 So, Who Needs History? Conversation 2 Why Early Childhood Education? Conversation 3 What Motivates Young Children to Learn? Conversation 4 How Do Young Children Learn? Conversation 5 A Policy of Creativity Conversation 6 Looking Back to 'Education' and 'Care'... Challenging Current Policy through History Conversation 7 Literacy in the Early Years: A Pedagogy of Patience? Conversation 8 Children's Rights and Early Learning Conversation 9 From God and Church to Awe and Wonder: Spirituality and Creativity in Early Childhood Education PART FOUR: LINKING THE PAST WITH THE PRESENT 1. Children's Rights 2. The Arts and Creativity 3. Literacy 4. Play, Learning and Pedagogy 5. Early Intervention 6. Home Learning and Parental Involvement in Early Education 7. Inclusion 8. Professional Development and Training

<p style="line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 200%; font-size: 9pt;">Professor Cathy Nutbrown is Head of the School of Education at the University of Sheffield, where she teaches and researches in the field of early childhood education.</span></p><p style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 12pt;">Cathy began her career as a teacher of young children and has since worked in a range of settings and roles with children, parents, teachers, and other early childhood educators. Cathy is committed to finding ways of working 'with respect' with young children, and sees the concept of quality in the context of what it means to develop curriculum and pedagogy in the early years with the ambition of working in a climate of 'respectful education'.</p><p style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 12pt;">She established the University of Sheffield MA in Early Childhood Education in 1998 and a Doctoral Programme in Early Childhood Education in 2008. In 2010 she contributed to the Tickell Review of the Early Years Foundation In June 2012 she reported on her year-long independent review for government on early years and childcare qualifications (The Nutbrown Review). She is Editor-in-Chief of the SAGE Journal of Early Childhood Research and author of over fifty publications on aspects of early childhood education.</p>