By bringing together research evidence on effectively supporting parents to engage with their children's early learning, and the role of education professionals in developing partnerships with families, this book focuses on partnerships between professionals and parents to enhance family learning for young children in literacy and other aspects of early learning.
The move towards setting, home-based, and online learning has accelerated, and it is important for both students and practitioners to value parents' roles in their young children's learning; to consider how parents can support young children's learning in these scenarios, and how to apply this in practice with children aged birth to five.
Through a wealth of case studies from real experience, the authors showcase an inspiring range of inclusive projects and approaches with families, including marginalised groups such as bilingual learners, fostering families, and families identified as 'vulnerable' including imprisoned fathers and children with specific learning needs.
Professor Cathy Nutbrown is Professor of Education at the University of Sheffield, where she teaches and researches in the field of early childhood education. Cathy began her career as a teacher of young children and has since worked in a range of settings and roles with children, parents, teachers, and other early childhood educators. Cathy is committed to finding ways of working 'with respect' with young children, and sees the concept of quality in the context of what it means to develop curriculum and pedagogy in the early years with the ambition of working in a climate of 'respectful education'. She established the University of Sheffield MA in Early Childhood Education in 1998 and a Doctoral Programme in Early Childhood Education in 2008. In 2010 she contributed to the Tickell Review of the Early Years Foundation In June 2012 she reported on her year-long independent review for government on early years and childcare qualifications (The Nutbrown Review). She is Editor-in-Chief of the SAGE Journal of Early Childhood Research and author of over fifty publications on aspects of early childhood education. Peter Clough is Professor of Education at the University of Brighton. Often using innovative, arts-based qualitative methodologies, his research is concerned particularly with the inclusion of marginalised voices, and spans all age phases. Among his many publications are Inclusion in the Early Years (Sage), and Narratives and Fictions in Educational Research (OUP). Recent research includes the Family Literacy in Prisons project in collaboration with the Prison Advice and Care Trust. Kay Davies was a headteacher in Brighton and West Yorkshire, and later an Early Years Consultant. Having a strong interest in early literacy and work with parents, Kay participated in ESRC-funded family literacy research on practitioners uses and developments of the ORIM Framework in 2012. She also developed the bilingual ORIM in WF13 project in Dewsbury. Kay has collaborated with colleagues through the ORIM network, since it was established, organising network events at The University of Sheffield. Peter Hannon is Emeritus Professor at the University of Sheffield, School of Education. His pioneering research on family literacy, with many collaborators, led to the development of the ORIM Framework which was first used in the Sheffield Raising Early Achievement in Literacy Project, under his direction. He is author or co-author of over 100 publications, including, Literacy, Home and School (1995) and Early Literacy Work with Families (2005).
Title: Home Learning Environments for Young Children
Author: Hannon, Peter,Davies, Kay,Clough, Peter,Nutbrown, Cathy
ISBN: 9781529767827
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Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Publication Date: 2022-04-20
Number of Pages: 224
Weight: 0.3901 kg