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• About the Author
• Foreword by Glenda Walsh
• INTRODUCTION
• About this Book
• Aims of the Book
• Early Years Practice in Context
• PART 1 EARLY INFLUENCES
• John Locke and the Emergence of Empiricism
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the Concept of ‘Child’
• Johann Pestalozzi and the Importance of Nature
• Friedrich Froebel and the Importance of Play
• Rachel and Margaret McMillan and Social Reform
• The Psychodynamic Tradition
• Rudolf Steiner and the Changing Needs of Children
• Maria Montessori: The Environment and Learning
• PART 2 MODERN INFLUENCES
• John Dewey and Child-centred Education
• Burrhus Skinner and the Behaviourists
• Jean Piaget: An Enduring Legacy
• Lev Vygotsky: Learning and Social Constructivism
• John Bowlby and Early Attachment
• Albert Bandura and Social Learning Theory
• Urie Bronfenbrenner: Learning in the Wider Context
• Jerome Bruner and Constructivism
• Howard Gardner and Theories of Multiple Intelligence
• Reuven Feuerstein and Instrumental Enrichment
• Nel Noddings and the Ethics of Care
• Te Whāriki
• Loris Malaguzzi and Reggio Emilia
• Carol Dweck and Children’s Mindsets
• Guy Claxton: Building Learning Power
• PART 3 CHALLENGES FOR THEORISTS IN A CHANGING WORLD
• The Realities of Childhood Today
• Emotional Intelligence
• How Children Play
• Learning and the Brain
• The Emergence of Digital Learning
• Glossary
• Index