Leadership can be a challenging and complex area of practice, but this textbook will be your essential guide, teaching you how to master this important skill and find your professional voice.The book considers the challenges(difficulties?) of leadership in the early years, exploring both the theoretical aspects, and the skills and tools needed to support and develop leadership and mentoring in practice.

The perfect guide for students who need to get to grips with learning theories and how they relate to practice, this book covers Early and Modern theorists and their theories, and how they apply to early years education today.

This book, by a highly respected author and academic in the field of early childhood education, covers how to support the wellbeing both of young children and of the adults who live and work with them and their families.

This book will stimulate and extend knowledge and discussion of the role of schemas or repeated patterns of action in young children's cognitive and emotional development.

Looking at a range of topics such as system leadership, professional learning communities and leading different cultures, and bringing together a host of internationally recognised academics in the field, this book is essential reading for all educational leaders.

Written by a top author, this highly accessible and popular book explains the key ideas and issues in early childhood clearly and concisely, keeping students up-to-date with the latest developments in the field.

In Samensturing in de kerk werken Rianca Evers en Wilbert de Goei een werkbaar en haalbaar model uit voor nieuwe kerkstructuren: samen terug naar de oorspronkelijke missie van de kerk, samen sturen. Samensturing is een concept dat zijn waarde al heeft bewezen in de wereld van de organisatiekunde en verandermanagement. In dit praktische en inspirerende boek vindt u handvatten om dit model toe te passen in iedere gemeente.

Now up-to-date with new chapters and masters-level content, this new edition offers an overview of modern teaching practice in an engaging and accessible manner.

In this book the authors push forward our understanding of what young children's creative thinking is, and how it promotes young children's well-being.