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‘This text is recommended unreservedly; it should be on the bookshelves of all early childhood workers’ — Curriculum. This book focuses attention on current early childhood issues and examines them in the light of the United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child. The book stresses the importance of national policy and highlights the responsibilities of all adults who work with children, in terms of enabling children to realize their rights. Practical issues are addressed, drawing on relevant theory and current research from the United Kingdon and overseas.
Questions for Respectful Educators
Questions for Respectful Educators
In the opening chapter Gerison Lansdown posed some questions. This final chapter reviews contributions in relation to article 29 of the UN Convention and looks forward to progress on children's rights in the new millennium, posing yet more questions.
The early 1990s witnessed an ongoing debate in Britain about day care and education for our youngest children. Cases have been made about different kinds of provision: voluntarily run playgroups argued that they were best placed to provide for the non-statutory age group; private nurseries grew and promoted themselves as the most flexible service for working parents; state nursery classes and nursery schools continued to assert that they offered the most appropriate kind of curriculum, built on a tradition of ...
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