Introduction
Quality Matters in Early Childhood Education and Care
The concept of 'quality' in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC), and how to measure and develop it continues to be contested in England. This text brings together experts to discuss what quality looks like for children at different ages and stages of development. Offering insights from policy, practice and research, the authors contend that it is quality as it is experienced by the child that should always be our main concern.
Presenting case-studies, guidance and perspectives from a range of settings, TACTYC: Together and Committed to Young Children facilitates a new collaborative sector publication bringing together voices of educators, academics and early childhood advocates to explore the complexity of quality in early childhood education and care.
School Readiness Matters
School Readiness Matters-Embedded and Threaded Transitions
As growing concerns emerge over the narrowing definitions of school readiness in policy and practice, This powerful publication, created collaboratively by TACTYC: Together And Committed To Young Children, ECSDN: Early Childhood Studies Degrees Networkand RCTN: Reception Class Teacher Network (RCTN), invites a fresh dialogue, on 'school readiness'.
Presenting real-life case studies, research-informed guidance, and practitioner perspectives to support embedded and threaded transitions that honour each child's unique journey, School Readiness Matters emphasises the importance of relational, inclusive, and developmentally appropriate approaches to transition. Rather than seeing school readiness as a checklist of skills, School Readiness Matters reframes transition as a process rooted in connection, continuity, and care.
Edited by Kerrie Lee (ECSDN) and Viki Veale (TACTYC), this timely and essential text brings together the voices of educators, academics, and early years advocates to explore what it truly means to support children through the vital transition into school based settings.
