The Early Childhood Sector faces many challenges today. Sector-wide pressures and policy changes mean settings are struggling with many issues including funding, retention and recruitment of staff.
As change looms, this new book takes the opportunity to explore what could be possible. It draws together expertise and experience from across many sectors, including education, health, and social work to explore what Early Childhood provision could look like, if we got it right.
What do Early Childhood experts recommend?
What is genuine, unconstrained good practice?
What do we want for our children, families, and colleagues in the sector?
This hopeful book looks forwards to what could be possible. It is
A Manifesto for Early Childhood.
Tabla de materias
Early Childhood policy
A workforce for the Early Childhood sector
Social contexts of Early Childhood
Keeping children safe in a changing world
Inclusive practice in Early Childhood
Childrens’ rights and participation
Participatory approaches to partnership with parents
The role of health services in Early Childhood
Holistic child health and wellbeing
A new vision for school
Early Childhood curriculum 0-8yrs
The digital child 0-8yrs
Global dynamics and Early Childhood
Sustainability and Early Childhood
Sobre el autor
Philippa Thompson is Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University. Philippa began her career as an early years teacher, progressing to Head of Nursery/Foundation Stage and Assistant Head Teacher roles and an Early Years Advisory/ Community Teacher for Sheffield City Council. She is co-chair of the ECSDN which advocates for graduates in the workforce alongside lobbying for better pay and conditions in the early childhood workforce.