Policy Issues in the Early Years, Hardcover by Miller, Linda (EDT); Hevey, Denise (EDT), ISBN 0857029622, ISBN-13 9780857029621, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK

Miller (early years, Open U., UK) and Hevey (early years, U. of Northampton, UK) compile 12 chapters by education scholars and researchers from the UK, Canada, Azerbaijan, and Albania who explore early years policy, its formulation, and impact on services, practitioners, and their practice in the UK. They first focus on policy issues related to poverty and social disadvantage, including establishing a new model of service provision for young children and families to reduce child poverty, and targeted interventions for improving developmental outcomes for all young children and narrowing the gap between the poorest and the rest. Subsequent sections address the evidence base for early intervention and government policy, including brain research and observational data on infant mental health, the neurobiological and social basis of children's ability to self-regulate, and working in partnership with parents; democracy as a fundamental value in early childhood education, the marketization of services and provision, and the role of professional development in democratization; and frameworks, regulations, and guidelines, with discussion of the trend towards a national and centralized form of curriculum and assessment and the development and implementation of a policy framework for safeguarding in Scotland. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()