Understanding early childhood [electronic resource] : issues and controversies / Helen Penn.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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Maidenhead :
Open University Press,
2008.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Summary: | Review of the first edition: 'This book should be essential reading for every student of Early Childhood. Helen Penn is a highly regarded academic who has the rare ability to write simply and lucidly about complex issues. This eagerly awaited new edition provides a lively critical overview of the field. Highly recommended' - Professor Trisha Maynard, Head of the Department of Childhood Studies, Swansea University, UK. "Understanding Early Childhood" provides students with a clear, user-friendly introduction to a number of difficult concepts and theories in early childhood education. Drawing on research evidence from various countries and reviewing studies about children from different disciplines - including anthropology, economics, history, psychology and sociology - it offers broad and insightful perspectives on the ways in which we understand and study young children. Revised and updated throughout, this second edition covers contemporary theories and debates in a concise and accessible style. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 198 p.) : ill. |
| Other format: | Print version: Understanding early childhood : issues and controversies. 9780335225507 0335211356 0335211348 |
| Notes: | Title from e-book title screen (viewed Mar. 21, 2011). Bib#: 1593101 |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Language: | English |
| ISBN: | 9780335236473 (electronic bk.) |
| Bib#: | 1593101 |
