Child Development

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Sylva, Kathy

Lunt, Ingrid

Psychology & Counseling

Wiley/Blackwell

This book provides a straightforward introduction to child development. It also covers the methods and problems of research into children, and the application of new findings in practical life.

Child Development: A First Course

Reading Interventions

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

ECERS-E is designed to be used with the Early Childhood Rating Scale-Revised (ECERS-R), an internationally recognized measure of quality in education and care written by Thelma Harms, Richard M. Clifford, and Debby Cryer. It not only complements the ECERS-R but extends the scales to provide additional insights into important aspects of literacy, mathematics, science and environment, as well as practices related to issues of diversity. Given the current focus on emerging literacy and numeracy skills, the ECERS-E provides unique guidance on the kinds of environments that enhance learning in preschool settings. The curriculum domains within the scales bear important relationships to children’s (age 3–5) cognitive and social/behavioral developmental outcomes. 
Using the ECERS-E alongside the ECERS-R gives users a more complete picture of what a high-quality early childhood education program can look like. It can be used by program directors, teaching staff, agency staff, and in teacher training programs.
Convenient organization: 
Literacy Items: 
<ul>
<li> Print in the environment </li>
<li> Book and literacy areas</li>
<li> Adults reading with children</li>
<li> Sounds in words</li>
<li> Emergent writing/mark making</li>
<li> Talking and listening</li>
</ul>
Mathematics Items: 
<ul>
<li> Counting and application of counting</li>
<li> Reading and representing simple numbers</li>
<li> Activities: Shape </li>
<li> Activities: Sorting, matching and comparing </li>
</ul>
Science and Environment Items: 
<ul>
<li> Natural materials</li>
<li> Areas featuring science/science materials</li>
<li> Activities: Non living </li>
<li> Activities: Living processes </li>
<li> Activities: Food preparation </li>
</ul>
Diversity Items:
<ul>
<li> Planning for individual learning needs</li>
<li> Gender equality and awareness</li>
<li> Race equality and awareness</li>
</ul>

ECERS-E: The Four Curricular Subscales Extension to the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECERS-R) with Planning Notes

Taggart, Brenda

Siraj, Iram

Teachers' College Press

Childwatching at playgroup and nursery school (Oxford preschool research project)

Roy, Carolyn

Painter, Marjorie

Blackwell*publishers

Child Development: a First Course

Imprint unknown

The Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scale - Extension (ECERS-E) has been developed by Kathy Sylva, Iram Sraj-Batchford and Brenda Taggart as an instrument to measure quality in literacy, numeracy, science and diversity, as observable in pre-school settings. The scales are in accord with the United Kingdom¹s Foundation Stage Curriculum. ECERS-E complements the Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scales-Revised (ECERS-R), an internationally recognised measure of quality in education and care. Although originally devised as a research tool, the scales have been used by early years practitioners during self audits to determine quality of provision. This practical handbook will be of interest to all those concerned with providing a quality environment in which young children¹s learning can flourish.

Assessing Quality in the Early Years: Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scale Extension (ECERS-E): Four Curricular Subscales

Trentham Books

This revised edition of the ECERS-E transforms the research edition published in 2003 into an immensely practical handbook for providers of early education.The ECERS-E, developed by Kathy Sylva, Iram Siraj-Blatchford, and Brenda Taggart, is an instrument to measure quality in literacy, numeracy, science, and diversity as observable in pre-school settings. The sub-scales are an internationally recognized measure of quality in early education and care.This practical new edition has drawn on collaboration around the world. The authors have clarified and improved it, so transforming the instrument into a valuable manual for institutional self-assessment and for improving pedagogy and curriculum in pre-school settings so that young children’s learning and development can flourish.

Assessing Quality In The Early Years: Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECERS-E)

Siraj-Blatchford,Iram

Headteachers, teachers, parents, politicians and school governors have long been united in wondering how to produce effective teaching in primary schools - but they could find few reliable answers. This book changes that. Here, some of the UK's leading researchers into effective primary school provision combine qualitative and quantitative research findings to shine a spotlight on teaching in effective primary schools. They reveal the pedagogical strategies that are the hallmark of successful schools and bring these strategies to life through detailed observations of classroom interactions. Reading this book takes you into the classrooms of skillful teachers and describes inspirational teaching. The book offers accessible, multi-layered evidence for making learning more engaging and motivating for children, through better pedagogical practice.

Teaching in Effective Primary Schools: Research into Pedagogy and Children's Learning

Sammons, Pam

Melhuish, Edward

Shepherd, Donna-Lynne

UCL IOE Press

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