5 July 2001
The idea of listening to children is bandied about with
growing frequency, but it is not as easy as it may sound. Peter Moss explores
its importance and its difficulties...
5 July 2001
The Mosaic approach for listening to and consulting
with young children offers a multi-faceted way of finding out children's views.
Researcher Alison Clark shows how it is done Children express...
5 July 2001
The different 'pieces' of the Mosaic approach revealed
children's perspectives on a wide range of people and experiences.
Observations
5 July 2001
Consulting with children can have surprising results,
as Linda Kinney tells how you can get a different perspective Ensuring that
children'svoices are heard and that their involvement in decision-making is...
5 July 2001
Consulting children should underpin daily practice,
says Lina Fajerman, co-author of Save the Children's Children as Partners in
Planning Consulting with children should not be seen as an extra chore;...
5 July 2001
Recently we received a letter advertising a 'daycare
nursery web camera system'. Nurseries can have cameras installed in their rooms
which film the activity in the room during working hours....
5 July 2001
By Jane Akroyd, a qualified nursery nurse from England
who now lives in Adelaide, Australia When I was at school in England, working
in childcare was seen as something you...
5 July 2001
The feature 'Down the drain' (14 June) looked at the
pool of expertise that will be lost when registered nursery inspectors are no
longer contracted by Ofsted to carry out...
5 July 2001
I am very concerned that the registered nursery
inspectors who will be lost when Ofsted's Early Years Directorate takes over
are those with a real understanding of teaching and learning...
5 July 2001
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