Understanding Schemas and Emotion in Early Childhood
- Cath Arnold - Pen Green Early Years Centre
Understanding Schemas and Emotion in Early Childhood makes explicit connections between young children's spontaneous repeated actions and their representations of their emotional worlds. Drawing on the literature on schemas, attachment theory and family contexts, the author takes schema theory into the territory of the emotions, making it relevant to the social and emotional development strand in early childhood education.
Based on research carried out alongside children, parents, workers and co-researchers at the world-famous Pen Green Nursery, and using case studies of a small number of individual children, the author shows new links between cognition and affect. The book includes a brief summary of a method of Child Study, using video and reflections on video sequences.
This book will be of interest to students and practitioners on Early Childhood undergraduate and postgraduate courses, as well as those taking modules on schema theory.
'Interesting and valuable..This book will be of great interest to all students and early years practitioners interested in understanding more about the nature of young children's play, learning and development' -
Early Years Update
'The book will prove useful for students in levels 1 and 2 of an undergraduate Early Childhood Studies Degree and to their lecturers.The concept of differing schemas can prove difficult for some students to grasp; I believe this book will provide all the real world examples necessary to enhance their understanding'
The Psychology of Education
this text is supported by relevant theoretical perspectives and allows the reader to fully understand schemas within the early years.
Lots of in depth case studies. Lots of detail. Well laid out.
The observations in this book really link it to practice and make it invaluable to the practitioner. Thorough explanation of the different schemas that children may demonstrate.
Very useful for Masters Level students who are doing child Development
An in depth book which has supported the current students within their observation modules.
this is a really useful supplementary text for students with a particular interest in this area to extend their reading and understanding
A clear and engaging account of observations and reflections on schemas. Really useful accounts of researcher reflection and emotional engagement.
Excellent resource when looking at Theorists and all related matter.
This book matches very well with our course content for second year undergraduates. It builds and extends the theoretical and conceptual framework, introduced in the first year. This concentrates on cognitive, social and emotional development, so this book is a welcome find.
