What can early years practitioners learn from Steiner kindergartens?What is distinctive about Steiner kindergarten teachers’ ways of getting to know children?As demands for accountability in Ear
"Steiner schools have helped carry the flag of liberal, creative, humanistic education through these dark ages and can now act as a beacon. Professor Peter Woods, formerly of the Open University.Contr
Series: New AccentsThis wide-ranging collection of papers provides a valuable resource for scholars who need to ground their own study in wider historical and global discourses concerning the educatio
For students of Early Childhood Studies, questions are as important as answers. What is childhood? Is childhood the same in all cultures?How do children grow and develop?Wh
For students of Early Childhood Studies, questions are as important as answers. What is childhood? Is childhood the same in all cultures?How do children grow and develop?Wh
The education and care of children under the age of eight has become one of the major focuses of attention in recent education research and policy-making around the world, and it is now widely recogni
Early childhood provision for babies and toddlers is in a critical phase. While governments are pushing for fast-paced expansion, mainly to support the return of mothers to the labour market, early ch