Teaching Young Children

Tricia David is a Professor of Education at Canterbury Christ Church College, where she directs the Centre for International Studies in Early Childhood. She is a past president of OMEP-UK (OMEP is the World Organization for Early Childhood Education) and she is currently a member of BERA ( British Educational Research Associaton) Council and the editor of the International Journal of Early Childhood. CONTRIBUTORSAFFILIATIONS: Teresa Aguado Universidad Nacional a Distancia, Madrid Stig Brostrom Royal Danish School of Educational Studies Noirin Hayes Dublin Institute of Technology Rosario Jimenez-Frias Universidad Nacional a Distancia, Madrid Malgorzata Karwowska-Struczyk Poland Alkistis Kondoyianni Ministry of Education, Athens Ulla Lind Stockholm Institute of Education Helen Penn Institute of Education, London Eric Plaisance Universite Rene Descartes, Paris V Sylvie Rayne Institut National de Recherche Pedagogique, Paris Karin Vilien Educational Consultant, Copenhagen

Changing Minds - Tricia David Teaching Young Children Young Children and Playful Language - Teresa Grainger and Kathy Goouch The Imagination, Play and the Arts - Bryan Hawkins Making Sense of Early Mathematics - Gill Bottle and Claire Alfrey Developing a Framework for Primary PE - Mike Waring Information Technology - Peter Dorman Issues of Control Design and Technology - Eric Parkinson and Caroline Thomas The Subject Integrator Young Children Investigating - Gill Nicholls Adopting a Constructivist Framework Young Children's Perceptions of the World - Stephen Scoffham Assessment and Learning - Beryl Webber Continuing Professional Development - Vanessa Young Inspections of Under Fives' Education and Constructions of Early Childhood - Tricia David and Angela Nurse Evaluating Policy and Practice - Carl Parsons and Carol Precious

`Tricia David starts the book off with a commitment to the importance of relationships. `The impact of emotional aspects of a school or nursery situation has long been neglected in the UK, as is amply demonstrated by the list of criteria for judging the quality of teaching drawn from OfSTED critieria'. Amen to that' - Times Educational Supplement, Friday Magazine `Teaching Young Children is essential reading for early years teacher trainers and anyone working with young children, from birth to eight years old. It is an excellent companion volume to one of David's other books, Young Children Learning. David's many contributions to the literature in early years education has focused on the ways in which societies treat and educate young children. Teaching Young Children is an evidence- based book which raises important questions concerning the lives of young children and answers them in terms of the values underlying our society. David and her colleagues at the Centre for International Studies in Early Childhood have written a compelling book. Teaching Young Children is a valuable resource and a "must read" for those who care about the lives of our youngest citizens' - International Journal of Early Years Education