Chapter 8. How the Children Fared at Nursery School

  1. Barbara Tizard,
  2. Martin Hughes

Published Online: 25 FEB 2008

DOI: 10.1002/9780470774328.ch8

Book Title

Young Children Learning

Young Children Learning

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How to Cite

Tizard, B. and Hughes, M. (2008) How the Children Fared at Nursery School, in Young Children Learning, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9780470774328.ch8

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 25 FEB 2008
  2. Published Print: 1 JAN 2002

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780631236153

Online ISBN: 9780470774328

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Keywords:

  • children;
  • nursery school;
  • educational methods;
  • curriculum;
  • discipline

Summary

This chapter contains section titled:

  • Two Different Worlds

  • Nursery Teachers' Aims and Curriculum

  • Discipline at Nursery School

  • The Amount of Staff-Child Interaction

  • Keeping the Conversation Going

  • The Teachers' Educational Methods: Asking Questions

  • The Children's Response to the Teachers

  • Cognitive Demands at Home

  • The Teachers' Use of Language for Complex Purposes

  • How the Children Talked to the Staff

  • The Children's Failure to Ask Questions at School

  • Flatness of Children's Communication to Staff

  • The Children's Difficulties in Communicating to Staff

  • Stories at school: an illustration of an educational approach

  • Overview

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