Description |
1 online resource (219 pages) |
Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; About the author; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; Background; The aims of the book; What do we mean by research?; Outline of the book; Part 1 Language and the homes of young children; Chapter 2 The language of young children: The continuing relevance of issues; The scene in the 1970s; Post-1980s developments; Chapter 3 Research evidence on language and the homes of young children: Looking back and looking forward; The development of meaning: Joan Tough |
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Studies of language at home and at school: Gordon WellsLanguage at home and at preschool: Barbara Tizard and ƯMartin Hughes; Experiences at home: C.E. Davie, John and Corinne Hutt and Ưothers; Implications for early education; Final comments; Part 2 Research in preschool units: What lessons can we learn?; Chapter 4 Researches in early education set in context: A framework for evaluating researches; Introduction; Setting the scene for the researches in the 1970s and 1980s; Recent developments; Aims in early education |
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Chapter 5 Studies of preschool education in Scotland: Lessons from the pastBackground to the researches; The research projects; Interest in books and stories; Lessons from these researches on the assessment of young Ưchildren; Chapter 6 Language and interaction in preschool units in England: Looking back and looking forward; Introduction; Childwatching at Playgroup and Nursery School (Sylva et al.); Conversations in preschool units; Comments on the Oxford studies; Play, Exploration and Learning (Hutt et al.); Implications for early education |
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The EPPE longitudinal researches into effective preschool settings Part 3 Continuity, communication and learning in early education; Chapter 7 Research studies on Ưtransition and continuity in early education: Lessons from the past ; Background; 1. The First Transition ; 2. And so to School; 3. Starting School; 4. Continuity in Early Education; 5. Young Children at School in the Inner City; 6. A Good Start?; Transition and continuity from preschool to primary; Chapter 8 Communication in the early education of children from different ethnic backgrounds: Part I of a DES-funded study |
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BackgroundAims of the research; The sample; Language assessment of young children: the effect of the setting; Group discussions between young children; Final observations; Chapter 9 Reception classrooms as Ưcontexts for learning: Part 2 of a DES-funded study; Background; Reception classrooms; Interviews of reception class teachers; The coordinating role of promoted staff in two schools; Views of EMSS teachers; Parents and their views; Final comments; Related studies by students; Creating classroom cultures in three schools |
Summary |
"In this newly revised edition of Understanding Research in Early Education, Margaret Clark demonstrates the continuing relevance of research in the homes of young children and in preschool units. Through rigorous yet understandable language, the text stresses the importance of research, acknowledging how easy it can be, amidst the change and flood of documents on early education and care, to overlook the insights to be gained from past research. The author draws on her own studies, and those of others, to illustrate how to avoid common pitfalls, ask the right questions to inform students' research projects, and critically apply findings in the classroom or nursery. The book is one of the few texts for students to bring research alive, analysing key research to consider its limitations and the extent to which results are relevant to policy and practice. Without requiring any prior expertise in research and research methodologies, the third edition will prove invaluable for undergraduate and postgraduate students taking courses in early years' education, and practitioners undertaking continuing professional development. New content includes: fully revised chapters, an updated reference list, and a new chapter discussing current research on baseline assessment."--Provided by publisher |
Notes |
Chapter 10 Baseline and readiness assessments of young childrenon starting primary school: Where now? |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Early childhood education -- Great Britain -- Evaluation
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Reading (Early childhood) -- Great Britain -- Evaluation
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Children with disabilities -- Education -- Great Britain -- Evaluation
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EDUCATION -- Preschool & Kindergarten.
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EDUCATION -- Teaching Methods & Materials -- General.
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Children with disabilities -- Education -- Evaluation
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Early childhood education -- Evaluation
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Reading (Early childhood) -- Evaluation
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Great Britain
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781351797696 |
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1351797697 |
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9781315206653 |
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131520665X |
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9781351797672 |
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1351797670 |
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1351797689 |
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9781351797689 |
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