Understanding Schemas and Young Children

This accessible and student-friendly book is the first to focus specifically on schemas for children under three.

Informationen zum Autor 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). Klappentext This accessible and student-friendly book is the first to focus specifically on schemas for children under three. Zusammenfassung This accessible and student-friendly book is the first to focus specifically on schemas for children under three. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements About the Author Foreword PART ONE: KNOWING ABOUT SCHEMAS Introduction Schemas and the Youngest Children Observing Children: Spotting Schemas PART TWO: HOW DO CHILDREN UNDER THREE PURSUE THEIR SCHEMAS? ALL ABOUT HENRY Henry s Containing and Enveloping Schema Henry s Back and Forth Schema Henry s Dynamic Vertical Schema Henry s Mark Making and Figurative Representations PART THREE: DEVELOPMENTAL JOURNEYS: TRACING DEVELOPMENTS IN CHILDREN S THINKING FROM MOTOR TO SYMBOLIC BEHAVIOURS Containing and Enveloping Schema Going through a Boundary Schema Dynamic Vertical Schema Stories from Home Epilogue Bibliography Name Index Subject Index

Autorentext

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).

Inhalt

Acknowledgements
About the Author
Foreword
PART ONE: KNOWING ABOUT SCHEMAS
Introduction
Schemas and the Youngest Children
Observing Children: Spotting Schemas
PART TWO: HOW DO CHILDREN UNDER THREE PURSUE THEIR SCHEMAS? ALL ABOUT HENRY
Henry s Containing and Enveloping Schema
Henry s Back and Forth Schema
Henry s Dynamic Vertical Schema
Henry s Mark Making and Figurative Representations
PART THREE: DEVELOPMENTAL JOURNEYS: TRACING DEVELOPMENTS IN CHILDREN S THINKING FROM MOTOR TO SYMBOLIC BEHAVIOURS
Containing and Enveloping Schema
Going through a Boundary Schema
Dynamic Vertical Schema
Stories from Home
Epilogue
Bibliography
Name Index
Subject Index