INTRO TO EARLY CHILDHOOD A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH

'THIS IS AN INTERESTING, COMPREHENSIVE AND UP-TO-DATE BOOK, WHICH WILL BE USEFUL NOT JUST FOR STUDENTS, BUT FOR EXPERIENCED PRACTITIONERS WHO WANT TO GAIN A BROADER, MORE STRATEGIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD SERVICES' - "EARLY YEARS UPDATE". 'THIS IS A STIMULATING, WELL-STRUCTURED BOOK WITH EXCELLENT REFERENCES TO FURTHER RELEVANT RESEARCH. I AM CONFIDENT STUDENTS WILL FIND THIS A MEANINGFUL KEY TEXT IN THEIR STUDY OF EARLY CHILDHOOD, EARLY YEARS LEADERSHIP AND EVERY ASPECT OF EARLY YEARS EDUCATION AND PRACTICE' - DENISE CORFIELD, EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY. COVERING THE MAJOR THEMES OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE, THIS NEW EDITION OF A POPULAR BOOK HAS BEEN UPDATED TO COVER RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE EARLY YEARS FIELD. LINKING THEORY AND PRACTICE, IT COVERS EARLY YEARS PROFESSIONAL STATUS (EYPS), THE NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION FOR INTEGRATED CENTRE LEADERSHIP (NPQICL) AND THE NEW EARLY YEARS FOUNDATION STAGE (EYFS). WHERE APPROPRIATE, ACCOUNT IS TAKE