Index of Professional Development Articles
The Multi-sensory Approach
Incorporating a multi-sensory approach can bring teaching and learning alive with new ways to experience the ordinary and familiar.
June 15th, 2010
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Brain-based Learning
This is the second in a series of articles looking at recent research into how young children learn. Here we examine how a better understanding of brain development can enrich early years practice.
May 10th, 2010
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EYP of the Year, Catherine Flynn, talks to the EYPS Forum
Catherine tells us about her journey to EYPS, life after achieving the status, and describes her views on leadership, best practice, and the way forward for EYPS.
December 7th, 2009
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Learning Styles
This article is the first in a short series by Juliet Mickelburgh, looking at recent developments in our understanding of how children learn.
November 17th, 2009
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In Their Own Words: EYPs Speak Out
Aspect's EYP lead officer Helen Willis, an active member of the EYPSf, outlines the findings from a survey inviting EYPs and EYPS candidates to express their views.
August 8th, 2009
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An Act of Love
Martine Horvath shares with us the philosophy and aspirations of the Reggio approach, following a conference she attended at Roehampton.
February 13th, 2009
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Social and Emotional Aspects of Development: the SEAD guidance for practitioners
The SEAD guidance, published in October 2008, focused mainly on the birth to three age groups, but there is much of relevance here to those of us working with older children. Juliet Mickelburgh summarises the document for us, bringing out the salient points.
January 22nd, 2009
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Towards an EYP Job Description
The University of Chichester set up a working party to put forward ideas to generate discussion around the deployment of EYPs and what a job description might look like.
June 24th, 2008
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Developing the role of men in the Early Years Workforce
What are the benefits of men working with children, and what are the barriers preventing them from doing so? Chris Randall, father of two and an EYP at a Brighton nursery, explores the issues.
June 6th, 2008
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Putting EYPS standards into practice in your setting
Or how you can manage to have an EYPS assessment visit and live to tell the tale...
June 5th, 2008
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