Early Childhood Studies: Enhancing Employability and Professional Practice

Ewan Ingleby is Senior Lecturer in Education in the School of Social Sciences and Law at Teesside University, UK. Ewan is the school’s postgraduate tutor and chair and co-convenor of the education work based learning research unit. Ewan teaches on the Early Childhood Studies BA, the MA in Education and the Education Doctorate. Geraldine Oliver was Programme Leader for Early Childhood Studies from 2006-2011 at Teesside University, UK, and taught in a range of early years settings before her retirement in 2011.Rita Winstone is Senior Lecturer in Education at Teesside University, UK, where she is Programme Leader for the BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Different Childhoods and Best Practice2. Raising Awareness of the Developing Child and Best Practice3. Best Practice and Enhancing Learning4. Enhancing Best Practice through Professional Skills5. Inclusion and its Emergence as a Key Aspect of Best Practice6. The Rising Importance of Holistic Practice in Early Childhood StudiesConclusionAnswersReferencesIndex

This book is a most welcome addition in the field of Early Childhood Studies. The key features of inclusion, enhancing learning, holistic therapies, the developing child and professionalism are both explored sensitively and reflexively examined in relation to how best to address children's differing individual needs.