Routledge Library Editions: Education 2011 Online Catalogue

Childhood Education

5 Volume Set

Routledge Library Editions: Education Mini-Set C

Originally published between 1913 and 1992.

Over that period, but particularly in the last 4 decades, educational policy makers have become increasingly aware of the importance of early childhood education.

There are many perspectives for viewing early childhood education, and the volumes in this mini-set reflect this.

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  1. Primary Understanding

    Education in Early Childhood

    By Kieran Egan

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education

    Beginning with descriptions of the ways in which children make sense of their experience and the world, such as fantasy, stories and games, Egan constructs his argument that constituting this foundational layer are sets of cultural sense-making capacities, reflected in oral cultures throughout the...

    Published December 7th 2011 by Routledge

  2. Children and Schooling

    By Phillip Gammage

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education

    The book provides a synthesis of a broadly-based social-psychology of education and bridges the gap between theory and practice in education by emphasising the relationship between research and actuality. The author discusses the major issues in childhood socialisation relating to schooling,...

    Published December 7th 2011 by Routledge

  3. The Education of Children Under Seven

    By Mary Sturt

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education

    This book does not cover the whole field of Infants’ Teaching but is concerned mainly with general principles and matters which are open to the non-specialist. Some technical subjects such as Physical Education have been omitted but nonetheless the volume provides a thorough (if somewhat dated)...

    Published December 7th 2011 by Routledge

  4. Encyclopedia of Early Childhood Education

    Edited by Doris Fromberg, Leslie Williams

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education

    This Encyclopedia is a reference work about young children in the USA, designed for use by policy makers, community planners, parents of young children, teacher and early childhood educators, programme and school administrators, among others. The field of early childhood education has been affected...

    Published December 7th 2011 by Routledge

  5. Children's Play and Its Place in Education

    With an Appendix on the Montessori Method

    By Walter De Burley Wood

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education

    Published long before the importance of early childhood education was formally recognised in the educational landscape this book explores the significance of play for young children. The volume includes an appendix on Montessori education....

    Published December 7th 2011 by Routledge