How Children Learn: The Characteristics of Effective Early Learning

by Nancy Stewart

Overview

What children learn is important but how children learn is even more important if they are to become learners for life in today's society. In this book, Nancy Stewart brings her wealth of experience to help policy makers and practitioners articulate the importance of early childhood as a valuable stage in its own right as well as a preparation for the future.

This best seller explores effective early childhood learning through exploring the characteristics of effective learning, as identified in revised Early Years Foundation Stage in England. Its content is however, applicable across the range of curricula and frameworks that govern early childhood education across the four UK nations, as well as internationally.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780904187762
Publisher:	Early Education
Publication date:	10/03/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	13 MB
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About the Author

Nancy Stewart, B.A. M.Ed., is a teacher, writer, consultant and trainer with over 30 years of experience in working with children and families. She held a national leadership position in the Every Child a Talker programme, and has developed national training materials on pedagogy including the role of the adult in playful teaching and learning. She served as an expert adviser to the Tickell review of the Early Years Foundation Stage, and is experienced in supporting schools, settings, and local authorities in quality improvement. She has taught and led teams across sectors, in schools, children's centres and non-maintained provision, working with children from birth to age 8. She has lectured on foundation degree courses and served as an assessor for Early Years Professional Status. Nancy has also worked in health education, contributed features and a regular column to parenting magazines, and is the author of a book on baby and toddler development. Nancy is an Associate of Early Education.