You are here

Respectful Educators - Capable Learners
Children's Rights and Early Education

Edited by:

Cathy Nutbrown - University of Sheffield, UK

Other Titles in:
Early Childhood Education | Elementary Teaching Methods

144 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd

`This text is recommended unreservedly; it should be on the bookshelves of all early childhood workers' - Curriculum

This book focuses attention on current early childhood issues and examines them inlight of the United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child. The book stresses the importance of national policy and highlights the responsibilities of all adults who work with children, in terms of enabling children to realize their rights. Practical issues are addressed, drawing on relevant theory and current research from the United Kingdon and overseas.

Gerison Lansdown

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

Progress in the United Kingdom

Jean Ensing

Inspection of Early Years in Schools

Iram Siraj-Blatchford

Language, Culture and Difference

Challenging Inequality and Promoting Respect

Wendy Scott

Choices in Learning

Cathy Nutbrown

Wide Eyes and Open Minds

Observing, Assessing and Respecting Children’s Early Achievements

Elaine Herbert and Jenny Moir

Children with Special Educational Needs

A Collaborative and Inclusive Style of Working

Audrey Curtis

Do We Train Our Early Childhood Educators to Respect Children?

Kath Hirst

Parents and Early Childhood Educators

Working Together for Children’s Rights

Tricia David

Their Right to Play

Cathy Nutbrown

Questions for Respectful Educators

`This text is recommended unreservedly; it should be on the bookshelves of all early childhood workers' - Curriculum

Preview this book

◀▶➕➖

Cathy Nutbrown

Cathy Nutbrown is President of Early Education and Professor of Education in the School of Education at the University of Sheffield. Her research over the last 30 years, has focussed on young children’s learning and work with parents to support young children’s literacy development. She won an ESRC Award for Research with Outstanding Impact on Society and a Nursery World Lifetime Achievement Award. She is author of over 150 publications including Early Literacy Work with Families (with Hannon and Morgan, Sage, 2005), Early Childhood Educational Research (Sage, 2019), and Home Learning Environments for Young Children (with Clough... More About Author

Related Products

SAGE Knowledge is the ultimate social sciences digital library for students, researchers, and faculty. Hosting more than 4,400 titles, it includes an expansive range of SAGE eBook and eReference content, including scholarly monographs, reference works, handbooks, series, professional development titles, and more.

The platform allows researchers to cross-search and seamlessly access a wide breadth of must-have SAGE book and reference content from one source.

Find out more