Introducing Bronfenbrenner - A Guide for Practitioners and Students in Early Years Education

This book presents a comprehensive introduction to Bronfenbrenner's model of development in reference to Early Years Education. It draws on practice-based research to identify and animate key elements of the model impacting on early educational pedagogy and practice.

List of contents

1. Introducing Bronfenbrenner


2. The bioecological model of human development


3. Proximal processes and relationships


4. Understanding development in context


5. A bioecological perspective on transitions


6. Locating the child at the centre of practice


7. Creating rich learning environments


8. Early education as a dynamic process


9. Nurturing children’s learning and development


10. Relational spaces linking people, places and resources: Positioning early childhood settings


11. Reflecting the bioecological in early years practice

Glossary
Abbreviations
References
Index

About the author

Nóirín Hayes is Visiting Academic at the School of Education, Trinity College Dublin and Professor Emerita, Technological University Dublin, Ireland.
Leah O’Toole is Lecturer / Assistant Professor in Early Childhood Education in the Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education, Maynooth University, Ireland.
Ann Marie Halpenny is Lecturer in Psychology and Child Development in the School of Languages, Law and Social Sciences at the Technological University Dublin, Ireland.

Summary

This book presents a comprehensive introduction to Bronfenbrenner’s model of development in reference to Early Years Education. It draws on practice-based research to identify and animate key elements of the model impacting on early educational pedagogy and practice.

Product details

• Authors: Ann Marie Halpenny, Halpenny Ann Marie, Nóirín Hayes, Noirin (Trinity College Dublin Hayes, Leah O'Toole, O'Toole Leah
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.11.2022
• EAN: 9781032162607
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3216260-7
• No. of pages: 198
• Series: Introducing Early Years Thinkers
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; EDUCATION / General, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Pre-school & kindergarten, Pre-school and kindergarten