Extending Professional Practice in the Early Years

• IntroductionPART ONE: LISTENING TO CHILDRENIntroductionWays of Seeing: Using the Mosaic Approach to Listen to Young Children′s Perspectives - Alison ClarkIs My City or Community Child-Friendly? - Dora Giusti, Roger Hart and Selim IltusHorses in the Sandpit: Photography, Prolonged Involvement and ′Stepping back′ as Strategies for Listening to Children′s Voices - Alison StephensonConducting Research with Young Children: Some Ethical Considerations - Rosie FlewittPromoting Young Children′s Development: Implications of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child - Martin WoodheadPART TWO: DIVERSITY AND TRANSITIONSIntroduction - Rose DruryQuestioning Diversity - Jeanette Rhedding-JonesInclusive Practice for Children with Special Educational Needs - Christine Hickman and Kyffin JonesChildcare Practitioners and the Process of Professionalization - Jan Peeters and Michel VandenbroeckReflective Family-Centred Practices: Parents′ Perspectives and Early Intervention - Alice Paige-Smith, Jonathan Rix and Anna CraftThe Challenges for Children Experiencing Rural Poverty in Wales - Siân Wyn Siencyn′Just Like Having a Best Friend′: How Babies and Toddlers Construct Relationships with Their Key Workers in Nurseries - Liz Brooker′I Didn′t Expect I Would Get Tons of Friends… More Each Day′: Children′s Experiences of Friendship during the Transition to School - Sally PetersPostmodern and Post-Structuralist Perspectives on Early Childhood Education - Deborah AlbonPART THREE: PEDAGOGY AND PRACTICEIntroduction - Linda Miller′Improper′ Children - Liz Jones, Rachel Holmes, Christina MacRae and Maggie MacLureDigital Technologies at Home: the Experiences of Three and Four-Year-Olds in Scotland - Christine Stephen, Joanna McPake and Lydia PlowmanA Cultural-Historical Theory of Children′s Development - Mariane HedegaardThrough a Different Lens: Exploring Reggio Emilia in a Welsh Context - Trisha Maynard and Sarah ChickenPedagogy: a Holistic, Personal Approach to Work with Children and Young People Across Services - Pat Petrie, Janet Boddy, Claire Cameron, Ellen Heptinstall, Susan McQuail, Antonia Simon and Valerie WigfallPART FOUR: LEADERSHIP AND CHANGEIntroductionConstructions of Professional Identity - Gill McGillivrayLeading and Managing in the Early Years - Mary E. WhalleyBuilding and Leading a Team - Jillian RoddEffective Leadership in the Early Years Sector: The ELEYS Study - Iram Siraj-Blatchford and Laura ManniNegotiating the Moral Maze: Developing Ethical Literacy in Multi-Agency Settings - Judith Whitmarsh

′This important text will undoubtedly inform, challenge and inspire all those working with, or intending to work with, young children and their families. Highly recommended!′ - Professor Trisha Maynard, Canterbury Christ Church University, Chair of TACTYC ′A reference source and the range of authors whose contributions have been included is certainly impressive′-Early Years Update