• ISBN13: 9781849207379
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Education & Psychology
• Publisher: Sage Publications
• Publisher Imprint: Sage Publications
• Publication Date: January 1, 2011
• Pages: 1632
• Original Price: GBP 675.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 3017 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Schools / Levels / Elementary and Schools / Levels / Early Childhood (incl. Preschool & Kindergarten)

Early years and early childhood is a vibrant area of educational practice. The field is continually developing and is faced with contemporary advances, challenges, and debates in terms of theories, research, and practice. This collection, compiled by Iram Siraj-Blatchford, one of the most influential researchers in early years education, and Aziza Mayo, an emerging expert, provides an authoritative overview of early years education.

Volume 1: Foundational and Contemporary Thought on Young Children, Home and Society
Volume 2: Implications for Early Childhood Curriculum and Pedagogy
Volume 3: Early Childhood Programs, Social Mobility and Social Justice
Volume 4: Current Debates in Early Childhood Education Research

Siraj, Iram: -

Iram Siraj is Professor of Child Development & Education at the University of Oxford. She is Adjunct Professor at the University of Stavanger, Norway, and Visiting Professor at University College London and the University of Wollongong, Australia. Iram's research projects have included leading on the Evaluation of the Foundation Phase across Wales and she is a principal investigator of the major DfE 17 -year study on Effective Pre-school, Primary and Secondary Education (EPPSE 3-16, 1997-2014) and of the influential Researching Effective Pedagogy in the Early Years project (REPEY). She has led on longitudinal studies/RCTs as a principal investigator in a number of countries including the UK, Australia and Ireland. She is specialist adviser to the House of Commons Select Committee on early education and has undertaken reviews of the Foundation Phase for the Welsh Govt. and of the workforce for the Scottish Govt. She has published widely.