Books for Training & Qualifications
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Early Childhood Education
Tina Bruce
Price: £16.99
Paperback - 224 pages ( 3 November, 1997) ISBN: 0340701757
This new edition of the text on early years education has been updated throughout with the Language and Representation chapters completely rewritten. Additionally, there is a new chapter on children's behavioural schemas.
How to make observations and Assesments
Jackie Harding, Liz Meldon-Smith
Price: £10.99
Paperback 109 pages (5 June, 2000) ISBN: 034078038X
A guide to observing and recording children's behaviour as a key module of the CACHE diploma. It assists students in carrying out the 40 separate observations required and helps students interpret their findings so that sensible assessments of the children observed can be made.
Early Years Care and Education: NVQ/SVQ Level 3 Workbook
Marilyn Bradburn, Dawn Reay, Kathy Ward
Price: £12.99
Paperback - 118 pages ( 5 April, 1999) ISBN: 0340747889
All the mandatory and optional units are covered through activities and knowledge questions. Those registered for NVQ should find this a useful resource for checking essential knowledge and providing the portfolio evidence required for each unit of the qualification.
NVQ Level 3 in Early Years Care and Education: Student Handbook
Penny Tassoni, Kath Bulman
Price: £16.99
Paperback - 368 pages (15 September, 1999) ISBN: 0435401602
This student handbook contains the materials to cover the 11 mandatory units for this award.
NVQ Level 2 in Early Years Care and Education: Student Text
Maria Robinson, Beith Kate, Lynda Pullan
Price: £12.99
Paperback ( 1 September, 1998) ISBN: 0435450271
Child Care and Education
Tina Bruce, Carolyn Meggitt
Price: £19.99
Paperback 581 pages (28 June, 2002) ISBN: 0340846283
This fresh new edition of the best-selling child care textbook has been updated in several key ways. The book is now entirely In line with the latest CACHE and BTEC Diploma courses, and is clearly linked to each course module by module.
Early Years Childcare and Education: Key Issues
Maureen O'Hagan MSc MIHE RGN NNEB, Maureen Smith CQSW RGN
Price: £15.00
Paperback - 372 pages 2nd Ed edition (August 1999) ISBN: 0702023736
Designed to provide early-years workers with a sound basis of knowledge and understanding linked to the National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) in child care and education. This edition provides updated material and covers topics such as: child observations and assessment; "desirable learning outcomes"; attitudes towards children with special needs; and changes to the law.
A Practical Guide to Child Observation
Christine Hobart, Jill Frankel
Price: £10.00
Paperback - 143 pages 2nd Ed edition (September 1999) ISBN: 0748745009
This book covers child observation components of all major child-care courses, with a specific focus on the DNN module A. It explains how and why we observe children as well describing observation techniques, their strengths and weaknesses and how the results can be used.
