Professional Knowledge & Skills in the Early Years

Verity Campbell-Barr is a lecturer in early childhood studies at Plymouth University, undertaking a Marie Curie European Research Fellowship (funded by the European Commission) in the Department of Child Education at the Faculty of Child and Adult Education, University of Debrecen, Hungary. Her research interests center on the quality of early childhood services, with her fellowship focusing on the knowledge, skills and attitudes required of the early childhood education, and care workforce. She has a background in researching the provision of early childhood services and policy developments in early childhood education and care.

Chapter 1: What does it mean to be a professional in the Early Years? Chapter 2: Quality in the Early Years and Early Years Training Chapter 3: Knowledges in The Early Years Chapter 4: The Early Years Knowledge-base Chapter 5: Concepts of Childhood, from Self to Society Chapter 6: Emotional Knowledge Chapter 7: Learning in Practice

This short book manages to provide the most rich and comprehensive account available of the skills, knowledge, dispositions and attitudes underpinning professional practice in the early years -- Geoff Taggart The link is clearly made between the development of the role of the professional, the concept of quality and the importance of a comprehensive early years knowledge base. Of particular interest is a chapter on emotional knowledge and its links to practice. -- Mary Beare Aust