Sacha Powell & Kate Smith 
An Introduction to Early Childhood Studies [EPUB ebook] 

Part I: Perspectives on Childhood
Childhood in Different Cultures – Joanne Westwood
Childhood through the Ages – Yordanka Valkanova
Sociology of Childhood – Nigel Thomas
The Globalisation of Early Childhood Education and Care – Helen Penn
Childhood in the Digital Age – Jackie Marsh
Part II: The Developing Child
Thinking and Cognitive Development in Young Children – Ruth Ford
Babies′ and Young Childrens′ Social and Emotional Development – Tricia David with Sacha Powell
Language Development in the Young Child – Thea Cameron-Faulkner
Play and Development in Early Childhood – Justine Howard
Cultural-Historical Theories of Child Development – Marilyn Fleer
Part III: Policy and Provision for Young Children
Early Childhood Policy and Services – Sonia Jackson
Children′s Rights and the Law – Nigel Thomas
Early Childhood Education (ECE) – Iram Siraj-Blatchford
Child Welfare and Protection – Dendy Platt
Children′s Health and Wellbeing – Sally Robinson
Inclusive Policy and Practice – Siobhan O′Connor
Part IV: Developing Effective Practice
Observing Children to Improve Practice – Helen Moylett
Undertaking Research with Young Children – Alison Clark
Is Working Together Working? – Angela Anning
Effective Early Childhood Leadership – Carol Aubrey
Early Childhood Education for Sustainability – Nicola Kemp
Opening Pandora′s Box: Postmodernist Perspectives of Childhood – Jayne Osgood

Dr Kate Smith is a Senior Lecturer in Childhood and Early Childhood Studies at Canterbury Christ Church University. She currently leads modules on language and literacy and supervises post-graduate and research students. As a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy she has led employment based undergraduate programmes and travelled to Sweden, Finland and Norway as part of her university role. Kate’s Ph D explored young children’s writing activity in their first year of school. She continues to research this area and has written a number of articles about young children’s literacy. Before lecturing she was a primary teacher working with children aged 3-7 in London and Kent schools with whole-school responsibility for Literacy and Art. Kate’s work with school’s continues in her role as a Director of a Multi Academy Trust in Kent. She is co-editor of An Introduction to Early Childhood (2018) and has recently contributed to the Birth to Five Matters documentation. She is a member of UKLA and BERA.