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Early Years Science: Floating and Sinking

Wednesday, May 17, 2006

| Nursery World

Children can investigate the behaviour of objects placed in water with these activities from Linda Thornton and Pat Brunton

Early Years Pioneers: Urie Bronfenbrenner

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Wednesday, May 17, 2006

| Nursery World

The interaction of children's development with larger aspects of society was the focus of Urie Bronfenbrenner's research and theory, writes Professor Tricia David

Early Years Science: Forces

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Wednesday, March 15, 2006

| Nursery World

Learn about forces and then investigate their effects with the children, in the first part of a new science series by Linda Thornton and Pat Brunton

Early Years Pioneers: Mia Kellmer Pringle

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Wednesday, March 15, 2006

| Nursery World

Mia Kellmer Pringle's exemplary work in founding the National Children's Bureau is described by Gillian Pugh

Early Years Pioneers: Margaret Donaldson

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Wednesday, February 15, 2006

| Nursery World

Margaret Donaldson furthered our understanding of young children's need to see the sense behind the tasks we set them, as Professor Tricia David explains

Early Years Pioneers: Jean Piaget

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Wednesday, January 18, 2006

| Nursery World

We owe much of our awareness of children's cognitive development to Jean Piaget, who encouraged learning through exploration, explains Professor Tricia David

Early Years Pioneers: Vivian Gussin Paley

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Wednesday, December 14, 2005

| Nursery World

Storytelling and storyacting animate Vivian Gussin Paley's observations of children at play, writes Ruth Thomson

Early Years Pioneers: Rudolf Steiner

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Wednesday, November 16, 2005

| Nursery World

The ideals of Rudolf Steiner, which are being put into practice in thousands of schools and kindergartens around the world today, are outlined by Janni Nicol

Early Years Pioneers: Chris Athey

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Wednesday, October 19, 2005

| Nursery World

Our understanding of how children's thinking develops owes much to the work of Chris Athey, as Cath Arnold explains

Early Years Pioneers: Ferre Laevers

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Wednesday, September 14, 2005

| Nursery World

The work of Ferre Laevers and the Experiential Education approach is considered by Professor Christine Pascal

Early Years Pioneers: John Bowlby

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Wednesday, August 17, 2005

| Nursery World

Among childcare thinkers John Bowlby has had some of the greatest influence on today's practice, yet his theories remain controversial, as Helen Barrett explains