Respectful Educators - Capable Learners: Children′s Rights and Early Education

Nutbrown, Cathy [Editor]

ISBN 10: 1853963046 / ISBN 13: 9781853963049

Published by SAGE Publications Ltd, 1996

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Respectful Educators - Capable Learners: Children′s Rights and Early Education
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853963046
• ISBN 13: 9781853963049
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 13 ounces

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Synopsis

`This text is recommended unreservedly; it should be on the bookshelves of all early childhood workers′ - Curriculum

This book focuses attention on current early childhood issues and examines them inlight of the United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child. The book stresses the importance of national policy and highlights the responsibilities of all adults who work with children, in terms of enabling children to realize their rights. Practical issues are addressed, drawing on relevant theory and current research from the United Kingdon and overseas.

About the Author

Cathy Nutbrown is President of Early Education and Professor of Education in the School of Education at the University of Sheffield. Her research over the last 30 years, has focussed on young children’s learning and work with parents to support young children’s literacy development.  She won an ESRC Award for Research with Outstanding Impact on Society and a Nursery World Lifetime Achievement Award. She is author of over 150 publications including Early Literacy Work with Families (with Hannon and Morgan, Sage, 2005), Early Childhood Educational Research (Sage, 2019), and Home Learning Environments for Young Children (with Clough, Davies and Hannon, Sage, 2022).