Early Childhood Studies

Damien Fitzgerald PhD, is Head of Area for Early Childhood and Childhood at the Sheffield Institute of Education, Sheffield Hallam University. His research interests include gender and childhood, heteronormativity in family contexts and same-sex parenting and this informs his undergraduate and post-graduate teaching. Prior to working at Sheffield Hallam, he worked as an advisory teacher in early years special needs and in other teaching roles in schools. He is also qualified as a nurse working mainly in emergency care.Heloise Maconochie PhD, is Visiting Scholar of Early Childhood Education at Purdue University Fort Wayne, USA. Her research interests include children’s experiences and perspectives of early childhood services, curriculum in the early years, disabled children’s childhoods, early intervention, children’s rights and participatory methodologies. She has worked in the UK as a Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Studies and Teacher Education, and as an early years coordinator and primary school teacher. She is a Court Appointed Special Advocate for abused and neglected children in Allen County, Indiana.

Fantastic ECS book for students, not many like this on the market.

• Part 1: THE INDIVIDUAL CHILDChapter 1: The emergence of Early Childhood Studies: an historic overviewChapter 2: The brain and children′s early developmentChapter 3: The social and emotional development of children aged birth to threeChapter 4: How Young Children LearnChapter 5: Creativity, curiosity and resilienceChapter 6: Young children and early communicationChapter 7: Developing children as critical ThinkersChapter 8: Family relationships in the early yearsChapter 9: Play in early childhoodPart 2: CHILDREN IN SOCIETY: ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALLChapter 10: Diversity, equity, and inclusionChapter 11: Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)Chapter 12: Young children’s rights: provision, protection and participationChapter 13: Children’s healthChapter 14: Early years policy: implementation and impactChapter 15: Safeguarding childrenChapter 16: Young children’s wellbeing: conceptualising, assessing and supporting wellbeingChapter 17: Working with multilingual children and families in the early yearsPart 3: CREATING ENVIRONMENTS FOR CHILDREN TO THRIVEChapter 18: Multi-agency practice with young childrenChapter 19: Childhood in a global contextChapter 20: Young Children, Childhood and GenderChapter 21: Technology and early digital cultureChapter 22: Observing and assessing childrenChapter 23: Researching with childrenChapter 24: Learning through placementsChapter 25: Leading quality practice