School Readiness - a
 critical 
review
 of
 perspectives
 and
 evidence- TACTYC, October 2012

Annette Brooke MP's Westminster Debate on Summerborn Children
OECD Adult Skills Outlook, 2013

Quality Matters in Early Childhood Education and Care. United Kingdom (England) OECD, 2012

What do they mean by readiness, Wendy Ellyatt, Early Years Educator, March 2011

Nurturing Children Should be everyone's business  by former Children's Commissioner Sir Al Aynsley Green FRSA , July 2010 

The Crisis in Early Education, The Alliance for Childhood, 2011

Effective Provision of Pre-School Education (EPPE) Key Findings

Effective Early Childhood Education - a Best Evidence Synthesis
CFBT, 2010

Teacher-led activities produce better results - Oli de Botton, CfBT EDucation Trust, Nursery World, Sept 2010

Early Years Education - Perspectives from a Review of the International Literature, 2006, Insight, Scottish Executive Education Department

Play England's Research on the Importance of Play

A Manifesto for Playful Learning in Preschool: Presenting the Scientific Evidence by Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Laura E. Berk and Dorothy G. Singer

The Reggio Emilia Approach to Early Years Education
produced for Education Scotland

Crisis in the Kindergarten - The Alliance for Childhood

Early childhood education and care provision: international review of policy, delivery and funding: final report. Centre for Research on Families and Relationships, the University of Edinburgh, June 2013

What works in the Early Years? Synthesis of IES research on early intervention and early childhood education. US Institute of Education Sciences (IES), July 2013. 

The Impact of Early Education on lifelong academic achievement, midlife adjustment, and longevity - report in the Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, July 2009

Do Schools Kill Creativity? – Sir Ken Robinson argues for an education  system that nurtures creativity rather than undermining it 

The Social Agenda and Early Childhood Care by Emeritus Professor Philip Gammage

Preschool Academics: Learning What Comes Naturally by David Elkind

The Democratization of Learning - Wendy Ellyatt, Too Much, Too Soon, Hawthorn Press, 2011

A Science of Learning - Born Creative Collection, Wendy Ellyatt, Demos, 2010

Richard House - Too Much, Too Soon - Every Child Journal Vol 25 

Richard House and Lilian Katz - Enabling a True Foundation - Early Years Educator (EYE) Focus Edition - Jan 2012

International Perspectives on Early Learning - presented at the OpenEYE Conference 2008

Learning for Well-being: a policy priority for children and youth in Europe. A Process for Change
Authors: Ilona Kickbusch with the collaboration of Jean Gordon, Daniel Kropf and Linda O’Toole.

What do we hope for children?
What do we expect from children?
What is the relationship between school and research?
What is the relationship between school and education?
What is the relationship between school, family and society?
What is the relationship between school and life?
Is school a preparation for or a part of life? 

Carla Rinaldi

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