To become truly reflective, we need to be willing to consider who we are, what we stand for and what the consequences of our actions might be.
Chapter 1 focuses on ourselves and on the significance of the contribution we can make to children and their families as early years practitioners. This is followed by an introduction to ways of understanding learning and how children come to know and understand in Chapter 2. The chapter on reflective practice, 36960.indb 1 19/11/2020 12:44 Chapter 3, discusses the process of reflection and how developing this process, both as an individual and as a staff team, can lead to improvements in the quality of our practice. The final chapter, Chapter 4, introduces and considers ten principles of effective teaching and learning and how they can offer a structure for developing and reviewing practice in the early years. These principles were developed as a result of a major UK research and development programme, TLRP. These principles are discussed drawing upon the latest research evidence.
