Title Professional learning in early childhood settings / [edited by] Susan Edwards, Joce Nuttall

Published Rotterdam : Sense Publishers, [2009]

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 148 pages) Series Professional learning ; v. 3 Professional learning (Sense Publishers) ; v. 3. Contents Preliminary Material / Susan Edwards and Joce Nutall -- Introduction / Susan Edwards and Joce Nuttall -- A Timescape / Alma Fleet and Catherine Patterson -- Revolutionising Practice by Doing Early Childhood Politically / Mindy Blaise -- Creating Space for Professional Learning / Judy Walker -- Ethical Practice as Relational Work / Carmen Dalli and Sue Cherrington -- Beyond Developmentalism / Susan Edwards -- Structure, Agency, and Artefacts: Mediating Professional Learning in Early Childhood Education / Joce Nuttall, Lisa Coxon and Sarah Read -- The Professionalisation of the Early Years Workforce / Jan Georgeson -- Future Directions in Researching Professional Learning in Early Childhood Settings / Joce Nuttall and Susan Edwards -- Index / Susan Edwards and Joce Nutall Summary "Attention has increasingly turned to the preparation and ongoing education of early childhood educators as governments have become increasingly aware of the importance of early childhood education as a key part of educational provision. This collection of case studies in continuing professional learning, drawn from Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, raises important questions about the nature and purpose of continuing professional learning in ECE by drawing on theories broadly described as 'post-developmental', including postmodernism, cultural-historical theory, sociocultural theory, narrativity, and critical theory. This book will provide a valuable addition to the libraries of teacher educators, professional developers, researchers, practitioners, and students of early childhood education. Taken as a whole, the chapters provide key insights into the complexities of how adults learn in, and about, early childhood settings, and examines the possibilites offered by reaching beyond traditional developmental views of teaching in ECE."--Back cover Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Early childhood teachers -- In-service training Early childhood teachers -- In-service training -- Australia -- Case studies Early childhood teachers -- In-service training -- New Zealand -- Case studies Early childhood teachers -- In-service training -- Great Britain -- Case studies Early childhood education. Professional education. early childhood education. Early childhood education Early childhood teachers -- In-service training Professional education Australia Great Britain New Zealand Genre/Form Case studies Form Electronic book Author Edwards, Susan, 1975- editor. Nuttall, Joce, editor ISBN 9789087907501 9087907508

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