Training to Work in the Early Years: Developing the Climbing Frame

Contains twelve papers from authors involved in ECEF who met and presented two reports during 1996 and 1997 to discuss policy, curriculum, training, inspection and funding of services for those working with young children in England. A sampling of early years training in context, young children and society, teacher training for the early years, praxis NVQ early years assessment centre (a case study), early childhood studies degrees, and a European perspective on early years training. An appendix contains a curriculum framework for training to work with young children. Distributed by Taylor & Francis. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.