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Early Childhood is a complex and diverse field. This text is designed to help students understand and engage with current themes in early childhood, supporting the development of critical thinking skills. Key themes such as children's voice, child wellbeing, identities and professional relationships are presented and opened up for the reader through essential theory and selected extracts. Thought provoking activities in all chapters help students to get a deeper understanding of contemporary themes in early childhood, supporting them in assignment writing and in linking theory to practice.
Professionalism – Raising the stakes in the Early Years: ‘She's only going to work with Little Children’
Professionalism – Raising the stakes in the Early Years: ‘She's only going to work with Little Children’
Over recent years there have been considerable changes in the way that the workforce in the Early Years sector is configured in England. Sources as diverse as the Select Committee report in 2000, the OECD, academics such as Moss (2007), Osgood (2006), the new Labour government between 1997–2010, and the recently published Nutbrown Review (2012) have contributed to a changing view of what it means to be a professional working with young children.
By the end of this chapter you should have:
- considered the meaning of professionalism and what it means ...
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