Previously known as Baldock: Understanding Early Years Policy is in its Fourth Edition. This best-selling textbook continues to provide fully updated coverage of all the latest developments in early years policy such as the revised Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), SEND Code of Practice 0-25 years and the Children and Families Act 2014.
Exploring how policy is made, implemented, analysed and developed over time this book presents a complete overview of early years policy and an evaluation of its ongoing impact on practice.
This Fourth Edition has been significantly updated to include:
- Full coverage of the 2010-2015 UK Coalition Government.
- A comprehensive timeline of Early Years policy
- Guidance on how to research policy for yourself
- More international case studies, now including the US and Scandinavia.
- New material on how to manage policy changes as a practitioner
- An expandedfocus of the devolved countries within the UK
This text is an essential read for early years students at all levels, and early years practitioners.
विषयसूची
Chapter 1: What Is Policy and Why Is It Important?
Chapter 2: The Development of Early Years Policy: Up to 1997
Chapter 3: The Development of Early Years Policy: New Labour and the Coalition
Timeline of Early Years Policy
Chapter 4: Influences on Early Years Policy Development
Chapter 5: Implementing Early Years Policy
Chapter 6: Early Years Policy in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland: The Impact of Devolution
Chapter 7: The International Dimension of Policy-making
Chapter 8: The Impact of Policy
Chapter 9: Analysing the Impact of Policy
Chapter 10: Conclusion
Glossary
References
Useful Websites
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Janet Kay worked as a qualified social worker with children and families for some years before moving into teaching in further and then higher education. She has retired from full-time work, but still regularly lectures at Sheffield Hallam University, and is also working to promote better support for adoptive families in the UK.
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