Child Development From Birth to 8 Years: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Author:   Amanda Thomas ,  Alyson Lewis
Publisher:   Sage Publications Ltd
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Pages:   296
Publication Date:   19 December 2022
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Author:   Amanda Thomas ,  Alyson Lewis
Publisher:   Sage Publications Ltd
Imprint:   Sage Publications Ltd
Weight:   0.700kg
ISBN:  

9781529742602


ISBN 10:   1529742609
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   19 December 2022
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction PART 1: Understanding interdisciplinary approaches to child development The Psychology of Child Development The Sociology of Child Development The Economics of Child Development The Anthropology of Child Development The Philosophy of Child Development The Neuroscience of Child Development The Education of Child Development PART 2: Exploring child development domains with an interdisciplinary lens Physical Development and Growth Social Development Emotional Development Creative Development Spiritual Development Cognitive Development Language Development PART 3: Understanding contemporary aspects of early childhood practice Understanding Play through the Disciplines and Domains Understanding Well-being through the Disciplines and Domains Understanding Global Curricula through the Disciplines and Domains Understanding Inclusivity through the Disciplines and Domains Understanding How Shared Spaces Support Child Development and the Role of the Adult within this Opportunities to Recap and Reflect (The Conclusion)

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Dr. Amanda Thomas is a Senior Lecturer in Early Years education at USW and teaches on the Early Years Education degree and the Working with Children and Families degree. She has taught in both Primary and Further Education before taking up her role in higher Education in 2011. Amanda currently teaches on a range of education modules including play, child development, pedagogy,  and leading and managing others. She competed her PhD in 2018 exploring children’s schemas in the Foundation Phase.  She has had books and research published on Early Years education, Schemas and Transitions within education. Amanda has just completed a suite of materials for the Welsh Government on schemas.  In her spare time, Amanda is a trustee of a charity trying to restore the former miners’ institute in her local village. Dr Alyson Lewis has worked in a range of sectors including Early Years/Primary Education, Further and Higher Education and the Welsh Government as a social researcher. In Further Education she led two Foundation Degrees and a Top-up Degree and was award leader at Bath Spa University for the BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies and delivered modules to students in China studying the transnational education programme. She is currently lecturer in education development at Cardiff University teaching on the fellowship programme. She completed her PhD in 2017 which examined the concept and practices of well-being in the early years curriculum. She co-authored ‘An Introduction to the Foundation Phase in Wales’ with Amanda Thomas and has published papers relating to well-being and children’s rights.

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