Section 1: Early childhood context and policy -- Children and childhood: a historical perspective -- The current policy context of early years
Section 2: Children’s development
-- Holistic development -- Children’s development -- Development in the Early Years Foundation Stage -- Factors affecting children’s learning and development
Section 3: Applying child development
in practice -- Supporting children’s learning and
development --Observing and assessing children’s
learning and development
Section 4: Enhancing practice and
understanding
--Reflecting on children’s learning and development
-- Starting from the child: matching provision to children’s development
and learning needs --Thinking, questioning and challenging: a critical approach
to the early years