'Be Realistic, Demand the Impossible'

An astute exploration of the complexities of working and learning in the field of Early Childhood Education and Care, Professor Helen Penn tells of her experiences of working as a teacher, social worker, campaigner, researcher and writer, and so reflects on the perennial and complex issues which shape this expanding field.

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Helen Penn is now Professor Emerita at the University of East London and Visiting Professor at the Institute of Education, University College London, UK. She has undertaken work for a variety of international organizations including EU, OECD, UNICEF, UNESCO and Save the Children.

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Foreword by Michel Vandenbroeck Acknowledgements Chapter One: Memoir as Method Chapter Two: Teaching in London Chapter Three: The Red Republic of Wandsworth Chapter Four: Who Needs Nurseries We Do! Chapter Five: Laborious Democracy Chapter Six: Tanzania Chapter Seven: Becoming a Researcher Chapter Eight: A Workday University Chapter Nine: Southern Africa Chapter Ten: Swimming Pools in the Steppes and Pianos in the Desert Chapter Eleven: The Noise of Time