Too much, too soon? : early learning and the erosion of childhood / edited by Richard House.
Material type: TextSeries: Hawthorn Press early years seriesPublisher: Stroud : Hawthorn, 2012Description: xvi, 355 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1907359028
- 9781907359026
- 372.210941 23
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Book | North Campus North Campus Main Collection | 372.210941 TOO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A417461B | ||
Book | North Campus North Campus Main Collection | 372.210941 TOO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A499317B |
"How to nurture young children's well-being and learning to reverse the erosion of childhood? Children's lives have been speeded up by commercialisation, 'adultification', and the government's 'nappy curriculum' which 'schoolifies' them and pushes quasi-formal learning too soon. Now, in twenty-three hard-hitting chapters, leading educators, researchers, policy makers and parents advocate alternative ways ahead for slowing childhood, better policy-making and, above all, the 'right learning at the right time' in children's growth - learning when they are developmentally ready. Following an extensive introduction by Richard House, looking at 'toxic childhood' in context, the book is divided into four parts: Policy Making and the Erosion of Childhood: the Case of the Early Years Foundation Stage; The Foundations of Child Development and Early Learning: Perspectives, Principles and Practices; Advocacy, Research and Policy Making for Children's Early Years Learning; Ways Ahead to Achievable Futures"--Publisher's website.
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