Learning Through Child Observation, Third Edition
Mary Fawcett
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Description for Learning Through Child Observation, Third Edition
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This fully updated third edition of Learning Through Child Observation is a handbook for professionals working in, or students preparing to work in, children's services. This accessible text examines the value of observation, its use in assessment and the practical aspects and methods of observational study. The authors focus on the importance of fully recognising the child's developmental and emotional state when intervening, and the need to see children 'holistically' and as unique individuals within the wider context of the family and community. This new edition reflects updates to policy and practice and further develops the ... Read more
This fully updated third edition of Learning Through Child Observation is a handbook for professionals working in, or students preparing to work in, children's services. This accessible text examines the value of observation, its use in assessment and the practical aspects and methods of observational study. The authors focus on the importance of fully recognising the child's developmental and emotional state when intervening, and the need to see children 'holistically' and as unique individuals within the wider context of the family and community. This new edition reflects updates to policy and practice and further develops the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849056472
SKU
V9781849056472
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Mary Fawcett
Mary Fawcett is an early years consultant and also an evaluator for 5x5x5=creativity, an arts-based research organisation focusing on the creative values, environments and relationships that support the expression of children's feelings, thoughts and ideas. She was formerly a social work lecturer and Director of Early Childhood Studies at the University of Bristol. Debbie Watson is Reader in Childhood ... Read more
Reviews for Learning Through Child Observation, Third Edition
Child observation has a long history and this new edition of Mary Fawcett's popular title intriguingly reflects changing concerns for work with children over the past 20 years when the book first appeared. The embedded historicity in the most recent edition strengthens the book's main message, that we should attend carefully both the context of observation and to what we ... Read more