What do the Early Childhood Studies Graduate Practitioner Competencies (GPCs) mean in practice? What do they look like in settings? This book brings you case studies as examples of good practice demonstrating all of the GPCs. Each chapter covers a specific competency and includes:

• A visualisation of the competency
• Case studies to explore what each competency looks like in practice
• Expert commentary on each case study helping you to link theory to practice

About the Author
Aaron Bradbury Principal Lecturer Apprenticeships and Work Based Learning in Education, Early Years and Children's Social Care. Research Interests: Widening participation (access for all) with links to apprenticeship pedagogy, Early Years and Education. Jackie Musgrave is part of the Early Childhood team at the Open University. Her research interests explore babies' and children's mental and physical health and wellbeing. Helen Perkins has been teaching Early Childhood Education and Care in further and higher education since 2002. Helen's research interests are centred on the professionalisation of the ECE workforce and Men in Childcare.


Book Information
ISBN 9781529618723
Author Aaron Bradbury
Format Hardback
Page Count 168
Imprint Sage Publications Ltd
Publisher Sage Publications Ltd
Weight(grams) 460g