What is it about?
This paper discusses the views of early years professionals in England and how they seek to make appropiate attachment relationships with very young children in a climate of warriness
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Why is it important?
This paper reports the findings of a project which examined early year professionals' views on the challenges and dilemmas they face in their everyday practice about how to make appropriate attachment relationships with babies, toddlers and young children in early years settings in England. In the wake of a number of high profile cases of child abuse reported in the media, the timely findings of the study show that there is an urgent need for practical advice and guidance for early years professionals at all qualification levels who are longing for training which explores notions of love, care and intimacy.
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I hope that this paper provides a helpful insight into the challenges and dilemmas faced by early years practitioners in their every day work with infants and toddlers and that it serves as a call to action to policymakers. It has been a particular pleasure for me to have this paper included in this Special issue: (Re)-conceptualising relationships in infant-toddler pedagogy of Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, which I co-edited with international colleagues in Australia and New Zealand.
Dr Jools Page
University of Brighton
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This page is a summary of: Reframing infant-toddler pedagogy through a lens of professional love: Exploring narratives of professional practice in early childhood settings in England, Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, December 2017, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1463949117742780.
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