An Integrated Play-Based Curriculum for Young Children, Second Edition explores how to
integrate play across the curriculum, helping teachers develop their early childhood …

This article considers the relevance of Susan Isaacs' practice and research for twenty-first
century early childhood education, reflected in two studies conducted discretely nearly a …

Dartington Hall was a social experiment of kaleidoscopic vitality, set up in Devon in 1925 by
a fabulously wealthy American heiress, Dorothy Elmhirst (née Whitney), and her Yorkshire …

This article discusses the work of Susan Isaacs (1885-1948), the IOE's (Institute of
Education), first director of the Department of Child Development. In addition to introducing …

In the first decades of the 20th century, high hopes were raised of the adaptability of
psychoanalysis into the pedagogical field. According to this new discourse, the possibilities …

Most published bodies of work relating to curriculum theory focus exclusively, or almost
exclusively, on the contributions of men. This is not representative of influences on …

Histories of psychoanalysis largely respect the boundaries drawn by the psychoanalytic
profession, suggesting that the development of psychoanalytic theories and techniques has …

Denial and suppression of emotion and of repertoires and vocabularies of emotional
expression are a particular characteristic of societies with colonialist histories such as …

Publishing for children between 1930 and 1960 has been denigrated as a relatively fallow
period for creativity and quality, certainly in comparison with the 'golden ages' of children's …

Bringing together two key areas within early childhood-play and literacy-this book offers an
innovative approach to examining literacies within the context of children's play. This book …