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Collecting and Interpreting Qualitative Materials order quantity
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NZ$ 110.00 each
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Author: Dezin & Lincoln
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The Third Edition of this bestseller now contains: - A new Reader's Guide prepared by the editors to help students navigate through the chapters, locating the different methodologies, methods, techniques, issues, and theories relevant to their work. - A newly added, abbreviated Glossary of terms offering students a ready resource to help decode the language of qualitative research. - Recommended Readings to provide readers with additional sources on specific topic areas linked to their research.

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How to Research (3rd revised edition) order quantity
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Author: Loraine Blaxter, Christina Hughes , Malcolm Tight
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How to Research is about the practice and experience of doing research in the social sciences as well as in related subjects such as education, business studies and health and social care. It is aimed at those, particularly the less experienced, who are involved in small-scale research projects at college or at work. The book is written in an original, accessible and jargon free style using a variety of different forms of presentation to support the researcher.

How to Research offers:

* a series of useful exercises to help progress research thinking

* a wide range of examples taken from a variety of subject areas

* extensive annotated bibliographies for further reading

* practical hints for all stages of the research process

An essential resource for undergraduate and postgraduate research methods courses in the social sciences and invaluable for anyone carrying out research as part of a workplace ... more

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The Qualitative Dissertation order quantity
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Author: Garman & Piantanida
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Written primarily for doctoral students in education and related fields, the purpose of this book is to assist practitioner-scholars in crafting and conducting a qualitative dissertation by using practical issues to help them understand what it means to do a dissertation and what it means to do qualitative research. Rather than an instruction manual on qualitative research methods or a recipe, formula, or template for preparing dissertation-related documents (e.g., proposal, final report), this book guides students through the issues and questions that arise as students struggle to learn about qualitative dissertation research. Comprehensive, it guides the student through the process of preparing for the dissertation journey, rethinking the concepts of method and data, working through the proposal process, defending the dissertation, and living life after the dissertation.
 

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Authentic Relationships in Group Care for Infants and Toddlers : Resources for Infant Educators (RIE) Principles into Practice order quantity
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Author: Stephanie Petrierie & Sue Owen (eds)
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Underpinned by substantive research on meeting the developmental and attachment needs of infants, this book offers constructive advice on how to encourage curiosity, confidence and emotional security in young children.

Based on a philosophy of respect and sensitive observation of infants, it is appropriate for use in Sure Start programmes. The contributors offer a model that supports children's development and well being without relying on expensive material resources, and enables a coherent care strategy to be applied across different services. They explain the main elements of the RIE approach clearly and concisely and fully explore the practicalities of its implementation in a range of settings, including state-run and independent day care and residential centres, private households and family-based day care. The fresh and effective approach to caring for infants and toddlers outlined in this book will be welcomed by parents and ... more

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Being with Babies: Understanding and Responding to the Infants in Your Care order quantity
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Author: Beverly Kovach
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Being with Babies is a great resource for both beginning and experienced caregivers. Each chapter includes information on the developmental stages of babies and describes issues that caregivers face every day.

The book offers scenarios that illustrate these challenges, then suggests solutions caregivers can use to address the issues while still meeting the needs of the babies. It concludes with a review of key points.
Being with Babies helps caregivers handle everyday challenges with ease. This hands-on resource is perfect for caregivers of children six weeks to eighteen months old, as well as for staff development and resource libraries.

Chapters include information on: Developing relationshipsTeaching through observationCommunicating with babiesAppropriate toysRoom setup and environment

Following the Resources for Infant Educarers (RIE) approach and philosophy, the authors of Being with Babies ... more


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Prime Times: A Handbook for Excellence in Infant and Toddler Programs (includes CD ROM) order quantity
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NZ$ 110.00 each
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Author: Jim Greenman and Anne Stonehouse
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This popular handbook is an updated and expanded second edition for establishing, organizing, and maintaining quality infant and toddler programs.

A new, interactive CD-ROM is included for providers to customize forms, checklists, and policies for specific programs.

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An Encounter with Reggio Emilia order quantity
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Author: Linda Kinney
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The documentation of young children's learning plays a vital role in the pre-schools of Reggio Emilia. This leading edge approach to bringing record-keeping and assessment into the heart of young children's learning is envied and emulated by educators around the world. This unique, accessible and inspiring book is based upon a documentary approach successfully implemented by Stirling Council in Scotland, whose pre-school educators experienced dramatic improvements in their understandings about young children, how they learn and the potential unleashed in successfully engaging families in the learning process. This approach, which is based on careful listening to children and observation of their interests and concerns, centres around recording and commentating on children's learning through photos, wall displays, videos and a variety of different media.

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Beyond Quality in Early Childhood Education & Care order quantity
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Author: Gunilla Dahlberg, Peter Moss & Alan Pence
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Since the first edition was published in 1999, Beyond Quality in Early Childhood Education and Care has established itself as one of the most important books in the early childhood field to have appeared in the last 10 years. Working with a range of critical perspectives and theories and an analysis of the world we live in today, and using examples from Canada, Sweden and Reggio Emilia, the book challenges many of the basic assumptions and assertions of mainstream early childhood policy and practice, showing that there are other possibilities-and therefore choices to be made. In particular the book challenges a strong tendency in the early childhood field, indeed throughout public services, to reduce philosophical issues of value and meaning to purely technical and managerial issues: the process whereby judgements of value become statements of fact.
This is a revised edition.

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Bringing the Reggio Approach to Your Early Years Practice order quantity
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Author: Pat Brunton
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Have you ever wondered what the Reggio approach is all about, why it works, and how it can be used to benefit the young children in your setting? This book will answer all your questions and more. It includes: an explanation of how the approach works in its original Italian home town, Reggio Emilia examples of how Reggio has been included in UK settings suggestions for activities advice on planning for the Reggio approach.

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Childhood Observation order quantity
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Author: Ioanna Palaiologou
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Discussing the role of observation in the early years environment, this title helps students and early years practitioners understand the principles and ethical guidelines of observation and assessment methods, and encourages them to take a critical stance on different observation methods. The content is linked to the main policies and services for children and draws on a number of methodologies from educational research methods and clinical psychology approaches to develop good practice in observing, evaluating and assessing young children. It successfully links theory and practice and provides case studies and tasks for discussion and reflection to aid personal professional development.

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Developing Attachment in Early Years Settings: Nurturing Secure Relationships from Birth to Five Years order quantity
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Author: Veronica Read
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Early Years practitioners, like mothers and fathers to be, require a period of preparation before the arrival of a baby. Developing Attachment in Early Years Settings is about how you can help yourself to prepare for the care of individual babies and children in your settings.

Without good attachment relationships, children's development and learning can be compromised. This highly practical book offers an interpretation of the Early Years Foundation Stage infused with attachment principles into practice. It explains the importance of emotional 'holding' and the nurturing of individual relationships within group child care.

Each chapter includes a personal reflection exercise and 'What you can do?' section, offering suggestions for daily practice. At the heart of Veronica Read's writing is the joy you will re-discover through understanding how you can: create a secure base for your key children facilitate secure ... more

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Developing Play for the Under Threes : the Treasure Basket and Heuristic Play order quantity
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Author: Anita M Hughes
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"The Treasure Basket and Heuristic Play" promote extraordinary capacities of concentration, intellectual brilliance and manipulative mastery for babies and young children. The approach appears deceptively simple: offering natural and house-hold objects to babies and toddlers can transform their learning. It is based on much more complicated research into how babies learn, the principles of learning, research evidence, and the author's own personal experience of working with the under 3s. The book provides: a new approach to understanding and providing for the play and learning for the under 3s; accessible explanations about what babies do and how this links with later conceptual thinking; and ery practical ideas and activities for use in the nursery or at home. This handy little book will be indispensable for anyone working with the under 3s.

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Ethics and Politics in Early Childhood Education order quantity
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Author: Gunilla Dahlberg
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By drawing upon the 'Reggio approach', other post-structural theories and new thinking about democratic politics and power, this book sets out to explore the ethical and political dimensions of early childhood services. With governments worldwide looking for 'returns' through their 'investment' in services for children, the authors argue that the importance of these services are reduced to technical and managerial matters, without informed consideration for what is best for the child.

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In Dialogue with Reggio Emilia order quantity
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Author: Carlina Rinaldi
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The early childhood programme of Reggio Emilia in Italy is acclaimed as one of the best education systems in the world, and this book offers the unique insight of Carlina Rinaldi, the former director of the municipal early childhood centres in Reggio Emilia and successor to Loris Malaguzzi, one of the twentieth century's leading pedagogical thinkers. Rinaldi has an enviable international reputation for her contribution to the Reggio approach, and has given talks on the topic around the world. A collection of Rinaldi's most important works, this book is organized thematically with a full introduction contextualizing each piece. It closes with an interview by series editors Peter Moss and Gunilla Dahlberg, looking at Rinaldi's current work and reflections on Reggio's past, present and future. Much of this material is previously unpublished, and focuses on a number of questions: - What were the ideas and legacy of Loris Malaguzzi? - ... more

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Learning Through Play order quantity
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Author: Jacqueline Duncan
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There is a growing and well-researched recognition of the need to develop the early-years curriculum and pedagogy though play-based learning. In addition, there is a well-established principle that teaching and learning should begin 'where the child is'. This book is centred around these two principles."Learning Through Play" is an essential handbook for early-years practitioners on how to develop their understanding and practical applications in all early-years settings. It is an ideal training manual, which speaks to both the early-years trainee and the experienced practitioner with an emphasis on practical application and self-awareness. Guidance is also provided on the management of play-based learning in an early years setting.Chapters support: an understanding of play and its role in learning; an understanding of the role of the adult in the pre-school setting; the development of practitioner's skills in providing effective ... more

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Learning Together in the Early Years order quantity
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Relational pedagogy underpins the core principles of both the cognitive, and social/emotional development of young children, as evidenced in the Reggio Emilia preschools and the Te Whariki curriculum in New Zealand. Emphasising the links between, people, places and ideas and the effects of these on education, educators and learners, it is integral to the 'English Early Years Foundation Stage', and forms the basis for early years provision around the world. This book brings together contributions from international experts on early years education to explore and debate relational pedagogy across different countries and in the context of a broad international field.The three sections of this book cover the following areas: culture, environment and adult child relationships - how children and adults relate to the culture, ethos and environment in which they function; adult-child relationships - how education and care environments directly ... more

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Let's All Play order quantity
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Author: Jenny Roe
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Author Jenny Roe has experience in both mainstream and special needs schools in Europe and New Zealand. This book is a fun and focused approach to teaching communication, language and literacy in an inclusive early years setting. The author provides a wide range of activities to encourage the development of children's key skills. The activities will include: key vocabulary; resources needed; a description of the activity; development stages towards early learning goals defined for different learners recognising a breadth of learning abilities; how to assess - inspired from the 'look, listen and note' approach suggested in the EYFS; Discussion ideas; and, Differentiation - ideas for both challenging children and meeting lower ability children including those with English as a second language. This book is a must for early years practitioners.

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Nature and Young Children order quantity
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Author: Ruth Wilson
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From adding richness and variety to learning, to redesigning a playground, this highly accessible text will provide early years practitioners with a wealth of ideas on how to foster creative play and learning in the outdoor environment with a focus on interacting with the natural world. "Nature and Young Children "contains many simple ideas on the type of materials that can be added to encourage observation, exploration and dramatic play, as well as guidance on what early years practitioners can do to help children meet early development and academic goals through outdoor learning activities. Relating to every-day early years settings throughout, the author of this inspirational text addresses topics such as: gardening with young children; choosing plants for safety, variety and active learning; making outdoor activities and play spaces accessible for children with disabilities; involving parents in appreciating and developing the ... more

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Playing Outdoors in the Early Years order quantity
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Author: Ros Garrick
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This title considers every aspect of outdoor play - from its rationale in early childhood education, to incorporating it successfully into the curriculum and assessing its wider implications for teaching and learning. A recent report has found that young children are not receiving the play-based education that they should be due to the pressure on practitioners to prepare for more formal learning in later years. In this engaging and stimulating guide, Ros Garrick considers every aspect of outdoor play - from its rationale in early childhood education, to incorporating it successfully into the curriculum and assessing its wider implications for teaching and learning. This new edition has been brought up-to-date with recent national and international research, the Every Child Matters Agenda and the Early Years Foundation Stage guidance. New case studies and examples of international practice are included, as well as a fully updated list ... more

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The Value of Play order quantity
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Author: Perry Else
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This is an accessible coursebook for those specifically engaged in playwork and those on Childhood Studies programmes. Most recognize that play is good for children yet we are confused by the dangers we see in the wider environment and so often restrict children's natural opportunities to play. As a result children's play has gained increased awareness amongst a variety of professions working with children, many of whom have different approaches to play and children.The Value of Play is explained using the Integral Play Framework, a model that draws together differing views on the purpose of play and its various types. These ideas are then used as the basis for chapters of the book: showing why playing is valuable to our bodies, our minds, and culturally and socially.There are examples of how play can be supported both informally and formally, at home and in children's settings. As well as theory, there are relevant, practical ... more

 
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