Influencing Early Childhood Education: Key Themes, Philosophies and Theories

by Linda Pound

Book Overview

Thinking about early childhood education will offer an academic and critical approach to the wealth of theories that underpin elements of current practice in early childhood care and education. It will focus on analyzing the rise and interconnectedness of theories of learning and development. It will range from key nineteenth century movements to progressive ideas of the twentieth century, encompassing psychoanalytic theories, deconstructing theories...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0335241565
• ISBN13: 9780335241569
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Open University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.6" x 9.3"