Enquiring minds

Practitioners can learn a great deal from the work of early years educator and lecturer Susan Isaacs, as Professor Tricia David explains Susan Isaacs was born in Lancashire in 1885. It is clear from her personal history that she had an enquiring mind - her father put a stop to her education when she was 15 because she declared herself an agnostic. Her reflections on his refusal to speak to her for the next two years may have furthered her determination and her later insistence on children's need for freedom to explore and express themselves.