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Child Development
Given that every child is both unique and a competent learner from birth, it is crucial that educators encourage and support each child to thrive in every area of development at their pace and in their own individual ways.
Publication Date: 2018
Online Videos
Classroom Transitions
Learn ways to help children use positive behaviors during classroom transitions in this short overview. This video is part of a series of 15-minute in-service suites on Engaging Interactions and Environments.
Giants of Psychology Series
This ten-part series introduces students to key theorists whose concepts are basic to an understanding of psychology. Rare archival materials bring these seminal thinkers to life, while meticulously shot contemporary footage reinforces the vocabulary and concepts necessary to understanding psychological research. In addition, the narrator of each program has played a significant role in extending the work of the giants of psychology he or she presents.
Life at Series
The Life At TV Series aims to unlock the secrets of child development by following a group of children from birth. The series that has been running for over ten years examines how children grow and develop in different circumstances, including the impact of family relationships, finances, work, health and education. It considers the interplay of nature and nurture, conducts experiments and speaks to experts about how the latest science on child development may be playing out in these families.
Problem Solving In The Moment
Teachers can use the problem solving approach of this in-service suite with children in their classrooms. It helps children resolve social problems as they arise “in the moment.” This video is part of a series of 15-minute in-service suites on Engaging Interactions and Environments.
The Montessori Method
Gorton Mount Primary in Manchester, Headteacher Carol Powell has gained funding for Montessori training for her teachers and introduced the methods for Early Years and KS1. How are they combining the Montessori method with their own working practice?
Websites
Reggio Emilia Approach
The Reggio Emilia Approach® is an educational philosophy based on the image of a child with strong potentialities for development and a subject with rights, who learns through the hundred languages belonging to all human beings, and grows in relations with others.
Montessori Australia
The Montessori Australia Foundation offers an extensive range of services to support Montessori in Australia. These include services for Montessori schools, Montessori professionals and parents. Schools can access services through an annual service fee. Individuals can access many of the services via subscription.
Steiner Education Australia
A Steiner education fosters the human spirit in children and young adults, allowing them to flourish in a holistic learning environment that is oriented towards moral growth, social consciousness and citizenship.
Child Development
From the Department of Health - The learning processes your child goes through as they grow and become an adult is called development. Skills are learnt and then combined to develop more complex tasks such as walking, talking and playing.
Most children reach specific milestones at around similar ages, and this is called ‘normal development’.
Student Health and Wellbeing
From the Department of Education - Our schools are committed to providing a quality education for all students in a safe, inclusive and caring learning environment.
Books
Caring for School-Age Children
CARING FOR SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN, 6th Edition, presents the most pertinent information needed by those involved in after-school programs. Current research has established the importance of quality after-school programs due to their tremendous impact on children’s academic achievement, overall happiness, and self-esteem. To address this reality, the new edition presents the latest research and information on school-age child care, and offers numerous practical applications and activities that can be put to use immediately in a child care setting.
Publication Date: 2012
Child and Adolescent Development for Educators
Covering development from early childhood through high school, child and Adolescent Development for Educators provides future teachers with authentic, research-based strategies and guidelines for their classrooms.
Publication Date: 2018
Counselling Children (5th edition)
The definitive guide to the skills and techniques used when working with children experiencing emotional problems, this book covers all you need to know about, including: The goals for counseling children and the child-counselor relationship Practice frameworks for working effectively with children Play therapy and the use of different media and activities Building self-esteem and social skills through the use of worksheets The new Fifth Edition has been updated to include: A new chapter on technology (its influence on children and ways that technology can be used during counseling) New content on issues of diversity and difference in counseling children The different contexts in which counseling children occur Discussion of concepts of well-being and resilience Updated references and research The book is supported by a new Companion Website that provides training materials and handouts on a range of skills for counseling children including: helping the child to tell their story and tray work, the use of miniature animals, the use of clay, and helping the child to change thoughts and behavior. This highly practical guide is vital reading for counselors, psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists, nurses, and teachers working or training to work with children.
Publication Date: 2018
Developmental Profiles (8th edition)
Designed to help you comprehend the complexity of child development, DEVELOPMENTAL PROFILES: PRE-BIRTH THROUGH ADOLESCENCE, Eighth Edition, highlights major characteristics for each of the developmental domains in a concise, non-technical, point-by-point format. The book covers the full range of stages in child and adolescent development, highlighting important safety considerations at each developmental stage. This edition provides extensive information that teachers, families, and service providers will find useful for promoting individualized learning and identifying developmental delays in their earliest stage. It integrates current research and theory throughout, and emphasizes the importance of working collaboratively with diverse families to achieve maximum benefit for children. Both preservice and practicing teachers will turn to this excellent reference over and over again for comprehensive, easy-to-find information about each stage of development.
Publication Date: 2016
Learning Theories Simplified
Are you struggling to get your head around John Dewey's educational pragmatism? What exactly is Jean Piaget saying about cognitive development? Maybe you're running out of time making sense of Carol Dweck's mindsets? Written for busy teachers, trainers, and students, this guide makes theories of learning accessible and practical. It explores over 100 classic and contemporary learning theorists in an easy-to-use, bite-sized format with clear relevant illustrations.
Publication Date: 2015
Montessori for the New Millennium
Although Montessori's name is almost universally known in education circles today, and there are countless nursery schools throughout the world using the "Montessori Method," the real core of her thinking has remained largely misunderstood. Most people regard the method as a system for the education of very young children. And most who have some direct experience of it, either as parent or teacher, would regard it as involving a certain set of procedures and specialized educational materials with clear and elaborate instructions for their use. However, the essence of Montessori's philosophy of education is in reality far broader than this, and contains a powerful message for educators everywhere. What is less well-known about Montessori's work is that she began by establishing the effectiveness of her approach at the pre-elementary level, but also strongly encouraged the extension of her method to the higher levels of education. Wentworth's purpose in writing this book is to elucidate this vital aspect of Maria Montessori's life's work and to show how it applies to real-life teaching situations. She believed that by transforming the process of children's education she could help to transform the attitudes of the adults they will later become, and so those of society and the world at large--a message she promoted as vitally relevant to the future of humankind as a whole.
Publication Date: 1999
Child Development
Given that every child is both unique and a competent learner from birth, it is crucial that educators encourage and support each child to thrive in every area of development at their pace and in their own individual ways.
Health and Wellbeing : Growing and Developing, Physical and Emotional Wellbeing
Given that every child is both unique and a competent learner from birth, it is crucial that educators encourage and support each child to thrive in every area of development at their pace and in their own individual ways.
How Children Learn
Caring for School-Age Children
CARING FOR SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN, 6th Edition, presents the most pertinent information needed by those involved in after-school programs. Current research has established the importance of quality after-school programs due to their tremendous impact on children’s academic achievement, overall happiness, and self-esteem. To address this reality, the new edition presents the latest research and information on school-age child care, and offers numerous practical applications and activities that can be put to use immediately in a child care setting.
Child and Adolescent Development for Educators
Covering development from early childhood through high school, child and Adolescent Development for Educators provides future teachers with authentic, research-based strategies and guidelines for their classrooms.
Counselling Children (5th edition)
The definitive guide to the skills and techniques used when working with children experiencing emotional problems, this book covers all you need to know about, including: The goals for counseling children and the child-counselor relationship Practice frameworks for working effectively with children Play therapy and the use of different media and activities Building self-esteem and social skills through the use of worksheets The new Fifth Edition has been updated to include: A new chapter on technology (its influence on children and ways that technology can be used during counseling) New content on issues of diversity and difference in counseling children The different contexts in which counseling children occur Discussion of concepts of well-being and resilience Updated references and research The book is supported by a new Companion Website that provides training materials and handouts on a range of skills for counseling children including: helping the child to tell their story and tray work, the use of miniature animals, the use of clay, and helping the child to change thoughts and behavior. This highly practical guide is vital reading for counselors, psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists, nurses, and teachers working or training to work with children.
Developmental Profiles (8th edition)
Designed to help you comprehend the complexity of child development, DEVELOPMENTAL PROFILES: PRE-BIRTH THROUGH ADOLESCENCE, Eighth Edition, highlights major characteristics for each of the developmental domains in a concise, non-technical, point-by-point format. The book covers the full range of stages in child and adolescent development, highlighting important safety considerations at each developmental stage. This edition provides extensive information that teachers, families, and service providers will find useful for promoting individualized learning and identifying developmental delays in their earliest stage. It integrates current research and theory throughout, and emphasizes the importance of working collaboratively with diverse families to achieve maximum benefit for children. Both preservice and practicing teachers will turn to this excellent reference over and over again for comprehensive, easy-to-find information about each stage of development.
Learning Theories Simplified
Are you struggling to get your head around John Dewey's educational pragmatism? What exactly is Jean Piaget saying about cognitive development? Maybe you're running out of time making sense of Carol Dweck's mindsets? Written for busy teachers, trainers, and students, this guide makes theories of learning accessible and practical. It explores over 100 classic and contemporary learning theorists in an easy-to-use, bite-sized format with clear relevant illustrations.
Montessori for the New Millennium
Although Montessori's name is almost universally known in education circles today, and there are countless nursery schools throughout the world using the "Montessori Method," the real core of her thinking has remained largely misunderstood. Most people regard the method as a system for the education of very young children. And most who have some direct experience of it, either as parent or teacher, would regard it as involving a certain set of procedures and specialized educational materials with clear and elaborate instructions for their use. However, the essence of Montessori's philosophy of education is in reality far broader than this, and contains a powerful message for educators everywhere. What is less well-known about Montessori's work is that she began by establishing the effectiveness of her approach at the pre-elementary level, but also strongly encouraged the extension of her method to the higher levels of education. Wentworth's purpose in writing this book is to elucidate this vital aspect of Maria Montessori's life's work and to show how it applies to real-life teaching situations. She believed that by transforming the process of children's education she could help to transform the attitudes of the adults they will later become, and so those of society and the world at large--a message she promoted as vitally relevant to the future of humankind as a whole.