Celebrating Children's Learning: Assessment Beyond Levels in the Early Years (Grenier Julian)(Paperback)

Celebrating Children's Learning: Assessment Beyond Levels in the Early Years (Grenier Julian)(Paperback)

In response to growing pressure on early years practitioners to adopt a 'tick-box' approach to recording children's progress, Celebrating Children's Learning sets out a bold, alternative vision for assessment in the early years. Drawing upon an inspiring collaboration between London nursery

Understanding Children's Behaviour - Learning to be with others in the Early Years (Tassoni Penny)(Paperback / softback)

Learning Through Movement in the Early Years (Tredgett Sharon)(Paperback)

This concise and up to date text looks specifically at children's learning through movement and the implications of this understanding for practice in early years settings. Movement is a fundamental way in which children learn, so it is vital that early years students and practitioners have a full

Enabling Environments in the Early Years - Making Provision for High Quality and Challenging Learning Experiences in Early Years Settings (Hodgman Liz)(Paperback / softback)

Early Numeracy: Assessment for Teaching and Intervention (Wright Robert J.)(Paperback)

The assessment tools in this revised edition help teachers identify children′s difficulties and misconceptions and become more skilled and confident in planning programs for intervention and monitoring children′s

Assessment as Learning: Using Classroom Assessment to Maximize Student Learning (Earl Lorna M.)(Paperback)

Your key to understanding how formative assessment improves learning! Using clear explanations and poignant cases, this timely resource shows how formative assessment can be used to understand student beliefs, inform classroom instruction, and encourage student reflection. Fully revised, this

Beginning Teaching, Beginning Learning: in early years and primary education (Moyles)(Paperback)

This bestselling textbook provides an introduction to the fundamentals of teaching and learning in early years and primary education. If you are training to work in schools or other educational settings, the book offers a wide range of practical and straightforward guidance, covering essential

Learning Oriented Assessment (Jones Neil)(Paperback)

This volume outlines the general principles of Learning Oriented Assessment (LOA), placing it in the context of European language learning policy. The authors pose three key questions central to LOA: 'What is learning?', 'What is to be learned?' and 'What is to be assessed?'. It focuses on the use

Assessment in the Primary Classroom: Principles and Practice (Earle Sarah)(Paperback)

Essential reading to support principled assessment decisions in the classroom Assessment has become an increasingly complex area for primary schools in recent years, with schools and academy trusts trying to create their own ways of assessing without levels. Trainee teachers find it hard to

Early Years Assessment: Personal, Social and Emotional Development (Fitzhenry Trudi)(Paperback / softback)

Interacting or Interfering? Improving Interactions in the Early Years (Fisher Julie)(Paperback / softback)

Offers practical guidance on developing high quality interactions to better scaffold children's learning and

Developing Professional Practice in the Early Years (Allen Et Al)(Paperback)

Developing Professional Practice in the Early Years encourages the reader to critically consider key aspects of early childhood education and care. The book is a valuable and accessible tool for those on professional pathways to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or Early Years Teacher Status (EYTS) or

100 Ideas for Early Years Practitioners: Observation, Assessment & Planning (Sargent Marianne)(Paperback / softback)

Successful Leadership in the Early Years (O'Sullivan June (Chief Executive London Early Years Foundation UK))(Paperback / softback)

Play in the Early Years (Owen Kay)(Paperback)

Play in the Early Years provides an accessible overview of key concepts, debates and approaches to children's Play. This book: - Considers play from a variety of perspectives - Offers expert insights into theory and research in each area - Encourages the reader to critically reflect on both theory

Children's Books on the Big Screen (Meeusen Meghann)(Paperback)

In Children's Books on the Big Screen, Meghann Meeusen goes beyond the traditional adaptation approach of comparing and contrasting the similarities of film and book versions of a text. By tracing a pattern across films for young viewers, Meeusen proposes that a consistent trend can be found in

Contemporary Issues in the Early Years (Pugh Gillian)(Paperback)

If you are a student or practitioner in the early years sector, you need to develop a rounded understanding of key issues in this fast-moving field. This new and updated edition provides a critical examination of the essential issues in early years policy and practice. With contributions from

Early Years Teaching and Learning (Reardon Denise)(Paperback)

Covering all routes to early years teaching, this essential textbook provides students and practitioners with everything they need to know to deliver outstanding Early Years practice. Previously titled Achieving Early Years Professional Status, this new edition is completely revised to include

Assessment in Music Education (Fautley Martin)(Paperback / softback)

This book discusses assessment and its role in teaching and learning music in the classroom. For improving learning and raising standards, it puts the case for formative assessment, day-by-day, rather than summative assessment at the end of key stages. The advice is relevant to classroom and

Poverty and Inclusion in Early Years Education (Cronin Mark)(Paperback)

Poverty and Inclusion in Early Years Education will help practitioners to understand the experiences of young children who are living in poverty. It examines the potentially devastating impact of poverty and social exclusion on children's chances in later life, and considers recent policy and

Impossible Boy (Brooks Ben)(Paperback / softback)

Believe in the impossible... A magical story celebrating the power of children's imagination, from the bestselling author of STORIES FOR BOYS WHO DARE TO BE

Outdoor Provision in the Early Years (White Jan)(Paperback)

How can you create opportunities for learning and playing outdoors? This book offers a range of chapters on key topics, including: ' why outdoor play is important for young children ' how to make sure your children play outdoors as much as indoors ' how play can help young children develop a

Leading and Managing in the Early Years (Aubrey Carol)(Paperback)

This second edition of Leading and Managing in the Early Years explores and integrates leadership and management practice with a real understanding of early years settings. Revised and updated, this new edition includes further coverage of reflective practice and reflective leadership skills, EYPS

Reflective Practice in the Early Years (Reed Michael)(Paperback)

Written for anyone working in the field of early years education and care, this book encourages students and practitioners to consider their own practice and to examine practice in a wide range of early years settings. The four sections link closely to the principles of the Early Years Foundation