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  • The Developing Child in the 21st Century

    A global perspective on child development

    by Sandra Smidt ...
    Offering a sociocultural approach to education and learning, this fascinating exploration of childhood provides an in-depth understanding of how children make sense of the world and the people in it. Examining the ways in which children express their thoughts, feelings and actively generate meaning through experience and interaction, this fully revised and updated new edition is illustrated ... Read more

    $92.06 CAD

  • Playing to Learn

    The role of play in the early years

    by Sandra Smidt ...
    Sandra Smidt sets out to explain what play is and why it is so important as one of the key ways of learning, particularly - but not solely - for young children. She argues that all play is purposeful, and can only truly considered to be play when the child has chosen what to do, where and how to do it.Using case studies drawn from all over the world, Smidt challenges some of the prevailing myths ... Read more

    $68.70 CAD

  • Multilingualism in the Early Years

    Extending the limits of our world

    by Sandra Smidt ...
    Multilingualism in the Early Years is a highly accessible text that examines the political, theoretical, ideological and practical issues involved in the education of children speaking two or more languages. Drawing on current research and thinking about the advantages and disadvantages of being multilingual, Smidt uses powerful case studies to reveal how language or languages are acquired. She ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • Supporting Multilingual Learners in the Early Years

    Many Languages - Many Children

    by Sandra Smidt ...
    Series series Essential Guides for Early Years Practitioners
    Shortlisted for the Nasen Book that supports SEN and Disability Issues Award 2008Are children who are exposed to more than one language from birth at an advantage or a disadvantage when starting school?Supporting Multilingual Learners in the Early Years examines the theoretical, ideological and practical issues involved in the education of children speaking two or more languages coming to settings ... Read more

    $54.95 CAD

  • Early Childhood Education and Care for a Shared Sustainable World

    People, Planet and Profits

    by Sandra Smidt ...
    Making an important contribution to the growing body of literature addressing the issue of sustainability in the Early Years, Sandra Smidt provides a highly accessible text examining the philosophical, political, economic, social and cultural aspects of sustainability impacting on very young children today. Drawing on current and global research, Smidt presents case studies and vignettes ... Read more

    $63.20 CAD

  • An ABC of Early Childhood Education

    A guide to some of the key issues

    by Sandra Smidt ...
    This unique and engaging resource describes, critiques and analyses the significance of a wide range of contemporary and classic ideas about how young children learn. Organised in a handy A – Z format, best-selling author and early years expert Sandra Smidt:Traces back each idea to the roots of how it was first conceivedExplores its implications for the early years classroom in accessible ... Read more

    $86.56 CAD

  • Creating an Anti-Racist Culture in the Early Years

    An Essential Guide for Practitioners

    by Sandra Smidt ...
    At a time of growing evidence of racism across many countries and cultures, Creating an Anti-Racist Culture in the Early Years will help those working with young children recognise racism, name it for what it is and help their young pupils understand that difference is nothing to be feared.Drawing on both personal research and established theory, Smidt includes examples of anti-racist practice ... Read more

    $46.71 CAD

  • Introducing Trevarthen

    A Guide for Practitioners and Students in Early Years Education

    by Sandra Smidt ...
    Series series Introducing Early Years Thinkers
    Colwyn Trevarthen’s seminal work has earned him a place alongside the most prestigious thinkers, writers and researchers into human development. He is universally acknowledged as the pre-eminent expert on foetal, neonatal and early childhood development. Sandra Smidt examines the impact of his scientific training, linked to his interest in how filmed episodes of mother or father/baby interactions ... Read more

    $63.20 CAD

  • Introducing Vygotsky

    A Guide for Practitioners and Students in Early Years Education

    by Sandra Smidt ...
    Series series Introducing Early Years Thinkers
    Sandra Smidt takes the reader on a journey through the key concepts of Lev Vygotsky, one of the twentieth century’s most influential theorists in the field of early education. His ground-breaking principles of early learning and teaching are unpicked here using every-day language, and critical links between his fascinating ideas are revealed.Introducing Vygotsky is an invaluable companion for ... Read more

    $61.82 CAD

  • Introducing Bruner

    A Guide for Practitioners and Students in Early Years Education

    by Sandra Smidt ...
    Series series Introducing Early Years Thinkers
    Sandra Smidt takes the reader on a journey through the key concepts of Jerome Bruner, a significant figure in the field of early education whose work has spanned almost a century. His wide-ranging and innovative principles of early learning and teaching are unpicked here using everyday language and the links between his ideas and those of other key thinkers of the twentieth and twenty-first ... Read more

    $68.70 CAD

  • A Guide to Early Years Practice

    by Sandra Smidt ...
    This is a practical, accessible guide to early years practice. The author examines current theories about how children learn best and focuses on how we can support and extend the learning of young children. This fully revised edition discusses Birth to Three Matters, the new Childcare Bill and the development of children's centres, and has additional focus on the Foundation Stage ProfilePacked ... Read more

    $68.70 CAD

  • Observing Young Children

    The role of observation and assessment in early childhood settings

    by Sandra Smidt ...
    Series series Essential Guides for Early Years Practitioners
    This fully revised second edition of Observing, Assessing and Planning for Children in the Early Years provides a detailed analysis of what is meant by the observation of young learners and why this is so vital to early years practitioners and students. In this accessible and insightful text, Sandra Smidt examines the various theories of how young children develop and learn, which have been put ... Read more

    $59.08 CAD