| Description |
viii, 143 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Contents note continued: 8.Promoting language in under 3s. Assessing language development and the quality of adult intervention / Tine Janssen |
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Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction: Understanding children from 0 to 3 years of age and its implications for education. What's new on the babies' side? Origins and evolutions / Ferre Laevers -- 2.What young children give to their learning, making education work to sustain a community and its culture / Colwyn Trevarthen -- 3.Companionable learning: a mechanism for holistic well-being development from birth / Rosemary Roberts -- 4.Sharing attention and activities among toddlers: the spatial dimension of the setting and the educator's role / Susanna Mayer -- 5.Early education for diversity: starting from birth / Sara Barros Araujo -- 6.Look at me! Does the adult truly see and respond to the child in Finnish day-care centres? / Marjatta Kalliala -- 7.From the curriculum framework to its dissemination: the accompaniment of educational practices in care facilities for children under three years / Florence Pirard -- |
| Summary |
This text originated from an awareness of the persistent lack of knowledge supporting a more respectful reception and approach to the youngest in our changing societies. It follows initiatives of networks of researchers from several countries, sharing insights from current studies carried out in their different cultures. Introduced by a state of art review-like chapter on birth to 3 literature, the book, which can be pictured as a composition, begins with a journey inside the creativity of these young persons and a picture of a companionable learning |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Child development.
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Early childhood education.
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Education, Preschool.
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Nursery schools.
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Preschool children.
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Preschool teaching.
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| Author |
Laevers, Ferre, editor of compilation
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Rayna, Sylvie, editor of compilation
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| ISBN |
0415833191 (hardback) |
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9780415833196 (hardback) |
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