This fully revised edition of Early Years Practice: Getting It Right from the Start integrates theory and practice and expands on the topics of early childhood practice as located within the context of international curriculum frameworks including Aistear, the Irish framework. The information collected and explored in the book can be used by lecturers and educators alike to stimulate conversation, guide reflection and support the profession of early childhood educators to collectively work towards achieving, supporting and sustaining high quality early years practice that adds constructively the lives of babies and young children.
Nóirín Hayes is Visiting Professor at the School of Education, Trinity College Dublin and Professor Emerita, Technological University Dublin, Ireland. Woking within a bio-ecological framework of development and through a child rights lens, she teaches, researchers and writes on early childhood education and care.