Table of contents
Nursery education: what is it for?
Helen PennSets the context for this special issue focusing on nurseryeducation. Discusses the way in which nursery education relates to othertypes of early childhood services.
Instigating change in the early years: financial management implications
Gillian AlexanderKirklees Early Years Services encompasses all early childhoodservices from nursery education, day nurseries, and regulation andsupport of the private and voluntary sector …
Is it possible to exert influence as a practitioner?
Margy WhalleyReflects on the experiences of trying to manage a radicalinitiative in a traditional organizational setting as co‐ordinator atPen Green Nursery Centre, which has tried to…
The limits of co‐ordination as a strategy
Sue OwenLooks at the author′s work as a co‐ordinator of early yearsservices in an authority which has not integrated care and educationprovision. Her job is to liaise between the…
The politicians′ view
Liz Singleton, Lucy CraigComplements the other perspectives that have been put forward aboutthe development of services to under fives. The two councillorsinterviewed are in many ways typical – they have…
Changing expectations
Helen PennThe articles in this issue have highlighted some of the confusionssurrounding early years services. The consensus seems to be thatproviding more nursery education is not a…
ISSN:
0951-354XOnline date, start – end:
1987Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Prof. Chris Brown
- Dr Dong Nguyen