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In this engaging text, author Dr. Cathy Nutbrown, a leading academic in early childhood education, identifies and explains key terms and practices central to the work and study of early childhood in this accessible reference text. Key Concepts in Early Childhood Education and Care is a must-read for practitioners working with children from birth to the end of the foundation stage, and for students following courses in early childhood education and care. It details key issues, identified in a survey of over 300 practitioners in the field, and provides reading and reference sources to assist practitioners and students in identifying further material to support their work.
Brain Studies and Neuroscience
Brain Studies and Neuroscience
Brief definition The study of the brain development and neurosystems of young babies which have led to suggested implications for practice.
Summary Outline:video-observational studies of babies; successful observational methods; innate capacity; ‘habituation’; experiments; relationship between a newborn child and his/her mother; ‘cognitive growth’; Foundation – Learning – Other People; limited implications for early childhood intervention; research issues – learning environments, inter-person relationships, familiar adult, scaffolding the child's learning; examples from practice – Scottish policy; references and indicative further reading.
Origins and Definitions
According to recent scientific research, babies and young children are born with the capacity to understand a lot more than was previously thought to be the case. ‘We've learned more in the last thirty years about what babies and ...