Working with Babies and Children by Cathy Nutbrown

Working with Babies and Children by Cathy Nutbrown

This book meets the needs of a diverse workforce by offering tried and tested examples of practice and case studies of experience as well as providing an accessible summary of research into the learning and development of young children

‘From the very first page, Cathy Nutbrown and Jools Page lay down the twin cornerstones of this fabulous book, the sheer brilliance of babies’ minds and the daunting challenges facing those who work with them professionally

Babies do not get a good press. They may be photogenic but the phrase ‘left holding the baby’ reveals underlying attitudes! In early years work, the first months and years are often dismissed as the least professionally engaging or challenging. It would be easy to romantise this age phase. There is a much mess, mopping and repetition. However, the great contribution of this book is to tell a bigger story.

At the heart of much debate about the professional care of babies and young children is anxiety – is it harmful for such young children to be looked after outside the family? The book is reassuing on that score, revising attachment theory and updating its intepretation. Then there are the extraordinary insights into babies’ perceptual abilities, freshly woven into the story from disciplines beyond education - health, psychology and neuroscience.

This is a principled book, underpinned by a commitment to advocacy and respect for under threes. Yet it is practical too, rich in case vignettes and linked reflections. I hope it will come to be regarded as required reading by those with responsibility for children under three’ - Peter Elfer, Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Studies, Roehampton University

-- Peter Elfer
‘This is a very well edited collection easily accessible to everyone involved in the early years, with the common thread being the holistic nature of very young children’s learning. Using the contents of the different chapters for reflection and analysis, those implementing the new Early Years Foundation Stage will be able to promote and enhance children’s development and learning experiences and certainly their own practices. I particularly enjoyed Chapter 1 in which the writer encourages readers to challenge their existing views about the Early Years Foundation Stage and to compare its contents and philosophies with other international curricula, and an equally strong and well-written Chapter 3 shows the writer’s excellent knowledge of baby and toddler social and inter-relational development. Both Chapters 11 and 12 meticulously outline the bases of, and rationale for, establishing relationships between practitioners and young children and their families. This book powerfully reminds readers of what is at the heart of their care and learning interactions with babies and young children.’ - Professor Emeritus Janet Moyles -- Professor Emiritus Janet Moyles

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, Davies and Hannon, Sage, 2022).

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ISBN 13	9781412946742
ISBN 10	1412946743
Title	Working with Babies and Children
Author	Cathy Nutbrown
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	SAGE Publications Inc
Year published	2008-09-25
Number of pages	224
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