Independent Learning in the Foundation Stage
1st Edition
Published on 18. July 2013
192 pages
978-1-4081-9394-5 (ISBN)
Description
Developing children as independent learners starts in the early years. Scientific evidence as well as the experience of experts confirms that children between three and six learn most effectively by doing. This work looks at the theory of independent learning and describes how practitioners can plan and resource the early years.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-4081-9394-5 (9781408193945)
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Ros Bayley | Sally Featherstone
Independent Learning in the Foundation Stage
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02/2011
Featherstone
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Sally Featherstone has a wealth of experience as a teacher, head teacher and a local authority adviser and inspector. In recent years, alongside her activities in publishing, Sally has continued to build a national reputation as a trainer and consultant in the Primary and Early Years field.
Following an extensive career as an early year's teacher Ros now works as an early year's consultant, trainer and storyteller. She has long believed in the importance of developing children's thinking skills and has written and co-written a wide range of resources to this end. She also believes that good spoken language is essential for the development of effective thinking, so consequently, much of her work has focused on supporting practitioners in this vital area of children's development.
Following an extensive career as an early year's teacher Ros now works as an early year's consultant, trainer and storyteller. She has long believed in the importance of developing children's thinking skills and has written and co-written a wide range of resources to this end. She also believes that good spoken language is essential for the development of effective thinking, so consequently, much of her work has focused on supporting practitioners in this vital area of children's development.
Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Introduction
- Section 1: Setting the Scene
- Chapter 1: Recognising independent learning
- Chapter 2: The story of pre-five education and the child as independent thinker
- Chapter 3: Recent knowledge and recent pressures
- Section 2: Developing Independent Learners
- Chapter 4: What helps a child to become an independent learner?
- Chapter 5: How adults can help and support children's independence
- Chapter 6: What the setting can contribute to independent learning
- Section 3: Promoting Independent Learning
- Chapter 7: How to improve provision to encourage independent learning
- Chapter 8: Role-play
- Chapter 9: Outdoor play
- Chapter 10: Construction
- Chapter 11: Storytelling
- Chapter 12: Writing
- Chapter 13: Music, movement and drama
- Chapter 14: Creativity and critical thinking
- Chapter 15: Messy activities
- Chapter 16: Systems, structures and organisation
- Section 4: Managing the Learning
- Chapter 17: Identifying excellence
- Chapter 18: Managing change
- The Last Word
- Bibliography
