Extending Professional Practice in the Early Years

′This important text will undoubtedly inform, challenge and inspire all those working with, or intending to work with, young children and their families. Highly recommended!′ - Professor Trisha Maynard, Canterbury Christ Church University, Chair of TACTYC ′A reference source and the range of authors whose contributions have been included is certainly impressive′-Early Years Update

• IntroductionPART ONE: LISTENING TO CHILDRENIntroductionWays of Seeing: Using the Mosaic Approach to Listen to Young Children′s Perspectives - Alison ClarkIs My City or Community Child-Friendly? - Dora Giusti, Roger Hart and Selim IltusHorses in the Sandpit: Photography, Prolonged Involvement and ′Stepping back′ as Strategies for Listening to Children′s Voices - Alison StephensonConducting Research with Young Children: Some Ethical Considerations - Rosie FlewittPromoting Young Children′s Development: Implications of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child - Martin WoodheadPART TWO: DIVERSITY AND TRANSITIONSIntroduction - Rose DruryQuestioning Diversity - Jeanette Rhedding-JonesInclusive Practice for Children with Special Educational Needs - Christine Hickman and Kyffin JonesChildcare Practitioners and the Process of Professionalization - Jan Peeters and Michel VandenbroeckReflective Family-Centred Practices: Parents′ Perspectives and Early Intervention - Alice Paige-Smith, Jonathan Rix and Anna CraftThe Challenges for Children Experiencing Rural Poverty in Wales - Siân Wyn Siencyn′Just Like Having a Best Friend′: How Babies and Toddlers Construct Relationships with Their Key Workers in Nurseries - Liz Brooker′I Didn′t Expect I Would Get Tons of Friends… More Each Day′: Children′s Experiences of Friendship during the Transition to School - Sally PetersPostmodern and Post-Structuralist Perspectives on Early Childhood Education - Deborah AlbonPART THREE: PEDAGOGY AND PRACTICEIntroduction - Linda Miller′Improper′ Children - Liz Jones, Rachel Holmes, Christina MacRae and Maggie MacLureDigital Technologies at Home: the Experiences of Three and Four-Year-Olds in Scotland - Christine Stephen, Joanna McPake and Lydia PlowmanA Cultural-Historical Theory of Children′s Development - Mariane HedegaardThrough a Different Lens: Exploring Reggio Emilia in a Welsh Context - Trisha Maynard and Sarah ChickenPedagogy: a Holistic, Personal Approach to Work with Children and Young People Across Services - Pat Petrie, Janet Boddy, Claire Cameron, Ellen Heptinstall, Susan McQuail, Antonia Simon and Valerie WigfallPART FOUR: LEADERSHIP AND CHANGEIntroductionConstructions of Professional Identity - Gill McGillivrayLeading and Managing in the Early Years - Mary E. WhalleyBuilding and Leading a Team - Jillian RoddEffective Leadership in the Early Years Sector: The ELEYS Study - Iram Siraj-Blatchford and Laura ManniNegotiating the Moral Maze: Developing Ethical Literacy in Multi-Agency Settings - Judith Whitmarsh