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Understanding early childhood : issues and controversies /

By: Penn, Helen [author.].
Publisher: Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2014Edition: Third edition.Description: xii, 228 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9780335262687; 9780335262687:; 0335262686; 9780335262694; 0335262694.Subject(s): Child development | Early childhood educationDDC classification: 305.231 PEN
Contents:
Remembering childhood -- Researching reality -- Not Piaget again -- Genes, neurons and ancestors -- On the other side of the world -- Past, present and future -- Children's rights and the ethics of childhood -- What it costs and what it's worth: the economics of early childhood -- Practice makes no difference -- An interdisciplinary approach?
Summary: 'Understanding Early Childhood' provides a broad and wide-ranging perspective on the ways in which we try to understand young children and summarizes current debates in child development and research evidence from across the world.
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Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 305.231 PEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Lost Checked out 07/12/2020 0082266
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-219) and index.

1. Remembering childhood -- 2. Researching reality -- 3. Not Piaget again -- 4. Genes, neurons and ancestors -- 5. On the other side of the world -- 6. Past, present and future -- 7. Children's rights and the ethics of childhood -- 8. What it costs and what it's worth: the economics of early childhood -- 9. Practice makes no difference -- 10. An interdisciplinary approach?

'Understanding Early Childhood' provides a broad and wide-ranging perspective on the ways in which we try to understand young children and summarizes current debates in child development and research evidence from across the world.

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