One for the newbies

Hi everyone,
I have had Maria ask me which books I found useful last year so I thought if I put them all in one place then they would be more accessible for you.

Childhood and Society - Michael Wyness

Constructing and Reconstructing Childhood - Allison James and Alan Prout

The Sociology of Childhood - William A. Corsaro

How Children Learn - Linda Pound - this one is really a level 3 book which means that you really don't want to reference it but its great for understanding the theory before going to a more academic text. I used this a lot for my exam cards as well as they are short sharp points that can make you remember the key points better.

Constructing Childhood: Theory, Policy and Social Practice - Allison James and Adrian L. James

More for study skills:

Cite Them Right - Richard Pears and Graham Shields (GET THIS ONE!!) Its great, I use it instead of the Purple Book as it gives more examples and covers more or less everything you will ever need for referencing.

How to Write Better Essays - Bryan Greetham

The Mature Student's Guide to Writing - Jean Rose

These are the main ones. If I find anymore that have been useful then I shall post them up here.

Oh and one more thing. I had a lot of things posted to me from DfES. They are free and it gives you the original texts of what practitioners are working to at the moment. Of course these are constantly changing but it is worth a look. https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/standard/EarlyYearseducationandchildcare/Page1 it does take a while to go through and see which ones you want because a lot of them are useless to our course but you may find a few hidden gems in there, such as https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/standard/Nurseriesplaygroupsandreceptionclasses/Page1/D16-7781-0808 the guide for the EYFS which I have just found searching through :D bargain :D

Anyway... where was I... Oh yes. Erm... yeah a lot of those you can download which saves on paper (gotta save the planet) and its instant so you can get the information there and then instead of having to wait for 2 weeks.

Right I best be off. Got to watch the rest of the rugby.. If you need anymore information then feel free to either comment on here or message me on Facebook etc.

Thanks

Bye xxxx