Teaching Early Years - Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment

List of contents

List of tables and figures

Contributors

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

PART I: THE CONTEXT OF EARLY YEARS LEARNING

1 Early years in Australia

2 The importance of early years education

3 The nature of the early years learner

4 The nurture of the early years learner

PART II: CURRICULUM PRACTICES FOR THE EARLY YEARS

5 Literacy

6 Numeracy

7 Science

8 The arts

9 Digital technology

10 Health and physical education

PART III: PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES FOR THE EARLY YEARS

11 Play-based learning

12 Transitions

13 Partnerships

14 Social and emotional well-being

15 Diversity and differentiation

16 Gifted and talented children

PART IV: ASSESSMENT PRACTICES FOR THE EARLY YEARS

17 Assessment and culture

18 Assessment

PART V: IMPERATIVES FOR THE EARLY YEARS

19 Professionalism and leadership

20 Evidence-based practice

21 Gender

22 Communities of practice

Index

Summary

A comprehensive, research-based introduction to early childhood education, for childcare workers, early childhood education students, and education leaders.

Product details

• Authors: Susanne (Swinburne University of Tech Garvis, Donna (Griffith University Pendergast, Donna Garvis Pendergast
• Assisted by: Susanne Garvis (Editor), Garvis Susanne (Editor), Donna Pendergast (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9780367719586
• ISBN: 978-0-367-71958-6
• No. of pages: 392
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / General, EDUCATION / Administration / Elementary & Secondary, EDUCATION / Curricula, Pre-school & kindergarten, Pre-school and kindergarten