Leadership in Early Childhood Education - 9783031519840

Leadership in Early Childhood EducationA Cultural-Historical Theory of Practice Development\nAuthor(s): Joce Nuttall, Linda Henderson, Elizabeth Wood, Jenny Martin\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Springer International Publishing AG, Switzerland\nImprint: Springer International Publishing AG\nISBN-13: 9783031519840, 978-3031519840\nSynopsis\nThe book presents a conceptual framework for understanding leadership for effective educator learning in early childhood settings. The book describes how leaders can move centre practices from crisis to stabilization. It argues that a core component of leaders' work in early childhood settings is to construct and enact epistemological accounts of practice change. The book includes case examples that bring to life the contexts early childhood services and services leaders who participated in the research. The book also describes the application of cultural-historical activity theory to the development of practice in early childhood education. It desa