Listening to young Children : a guide to understanding and using the Mosaic approach / Alison Clark ; foreword by Peter Moss.

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Listening to Young Children -- A Guide to Understanding and Using the Mosaic Approach by Alison Clark; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Preface to the third edition; 1. A Framework for Listening; Introduction; Starting points; The framework for listening; 2. Listening to Young Children -- Developing the Mosaic Approach; Introduction; The Listening to Young Children study (1999-2000); Stages of the Mosaic approach; Stage One: Children and adults gathering documentation; Stage Two: Piecing together information for dialogue, reflection and interpretation; Discussion.

3. Spaces to Play -- Adapting the Mosaic ApproachIntroduction; Spaces to Play; Stage One: gathering children's and adults' perspectives; Stage Two: Discussing the material; Stage Three: Deciding areas of continuity and change; Evaluation; Changes into practice; Discussion; 4. Case Studies -- Working with the Mosaic Approach; Introduction; Discussion; 5. Ethical and Methodological Questions; Introduction; Questions; Conclusion; Epilogue; Further reading about the Mosaic approach; Appendix; References; Subject Index; Author Index; Blank Page.

This fully updated expanded book explains how to use the Mosaic approach, a practice that instils the importance of listening to children's life experiences. It shows how to use it in a variety of settings, outlines the future directions of the approach, offers case studies and also covers working with vulnerable children.

"Viewing children as 'experts in their own lives', the Mosaic approach offers a creative framework for understanding young children's perspectives through talking, walking, making and reviewing material with an adult. This book demonstrates how children's views and experiences can stay in focus in early childhood provision. The multi-method approach brings together digital tools with interviewing and observation to enable adults to review current practice and implement change with children. Combining the authors' successful books Listening to Young Children and Spaces to Play into an expanded and fully updated third edition, this book builds on the authors' original ground-breaking work by commenting on the development and adaptation of the Mosaic approach, along with case studies of the Mosaic approach in action in four countries: England, Denmark, Norway and Australia. Alongside guidance on using and adapting the framework with young children, older children and adults, there is new material on the ethical and methodological issues involved."--Publisher's description.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-184) and index.

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