‘An Experiment in Group Upbringing’ by Anna Freud and Sophie Dann

Digest by Robert Shaw

How children from a concentration camp learnt to relate to adults

Institutional Discrimination in the Early Years

by Jane Lane

The need to be aware of the unintended and implicit messages

‘Early Experience: Myth and Evidence’ by Ann Clarke and Alan Clarke

Digest by Robert Shaw

A collation of child care research which challenged current thinking

‘Research Methods in Early Childhood: An Introductory Guide’ by Penny Mukherji and Deborah Albon

Book Review by Maureen O'Hagan

Methodologies, ethics, techniques - it’s all there.

‘Early Childhood Studies’ by Johnson and Nahmad-Williams

Book Review by Maureen O'Hagan

A comprehensive guide on child development for all students

‘Your Feeding Questions Answered’ by Annabel Karmel

Book Review by Valerie Jackson

Elinor Goldschmied : Pioneer of Treasure Baskets, Heuristic Play and the Key Person System

by Valerie Jackson

Wanted: Caring Men

Research has shown that parents want more men working with young children

‘Care and Education in Early Childhood’ by Audrey Curtis and Maureen O’Hagan

Book Review by Wanda Gibson

- A student’s guide to theory and practice

News Views

Including young fathers, first-born children, substance abuse and new mores, primary education, gangs, social workers, bureaucracy and UNISON, residential care …

‘Advanced Early Years’ by Iain Macleod-Brudenell and Janet Kay

Book Review by Wanda Gibson

A comprehensive text book for advanced early years students

Introduction to Training in the Early Years

by Maureen O'Hagan

An outline of how training for early years workers has developed in the UK

Race Equality Teaching

by Jane Lane

Knowing what racism is (and is not) - a prerequisite for putting racial equality into practice in the early years

Thistle Aims to Build on its Success

by Christina Murnin

Developing a training system to match today’s requirements

Young Children and Racial Justice by Jane Lane

Book Review by Maureen O'Hagan

Taking action for equality in the early years - understanding the past, thinking about the present, planning for the future …

A Rewarding Job that’s still often Misunderstood

by Carol-Anne Hegbin

Nursery nursing - a picture of daily life where the action is