Welcome to your Childhood Practice: Leadership & Professional Practice Subject Research Guide
Watch the video to meet your Academic and Digital Library Liaison – Stephanie Fair, then have a look in the sections below to find useful and relevant resources for your course.
If you are not able to find what you are looking for please contact your Academic Digital Library Liaison, listed at the bottom of the page, who will be happy to help you with all library and subject research needs.
Leadership & Management
Policies, Standards and Guidance Documents
Below you can find a links to some key documents relevant to the Childhood Practice sector. These documents have been produced by various different organisations and span Legislation, Guidance, Policies, Frameworks, Standards and Codes of Practice.
Health and Social Care Standards: My Support, My Life
SSSC Continuous Learning Framework
Curriculum & Frameworks
How Good is Our Early Learning and Childcare?
Play
Rights & Wellbeing
UN Conventions on Rights of The Child
Nursery World Magazine
Nursery World
The sectors leading magazine. It covers the latest news, industry trends, and best practice guides. Each issue has a section dedicated to Leadership & Management practice. Covering everything from effective recruitment and staff development to leading team work and collaboration, handling with conflict and dealing with staff management issues.
Ebooks: Professional Practice & Study Skills
The Study Skills Handbook
This is the ultimate guide to study skills, written by million copy bestselling author Stella Cottrell. Her tried and tested approach, based on over twenty years’ experience of working with students, has helped over a million students to achieve their potential.
Key topics covered include:
- Essay Writing
- Research & note-taking
- Time Mangement
- Organisation Skills
- Exam practice and writing
- Critical Thinking
- Studying Effectively
ClickView
ClickView is Edinburgh College’s media player. It contains TV & Radio programmes recorded from free-to-air channels and Audio & Video produced by staff.
For sign in guidance, please visit our Clickview page.
Library Search
eCore is an essential tool for finding, via one single search box, information from the physical and online library resources available to you, including:
- Research Starters
- Library catalogue
- Ebooks
- Magazines articles
- News and newspaper articles
- Encyclopedia articles
- Additional Online Resources
Podcasts
Podcasts are a good way to keep up with the latest discussions and trends related to your field of study. Here you can find relevant Podcasts, from trusted organisations and authors, for your subject area.
- What does it mean to be a resilient teacher?
- The importance of Reflective Practice
- Becoming a Better Early Years Professional
- Building a sucessful Early Years Team
- What is Social Leadership? With Jane O’sullivan
- Play Well Podcast – Partnership Working
- How to Motivate your Staff in Early Years Settings
- Role of Educational Leadership within the Early Years Setting
Online Resources
Nursery World:The sectors leading magazine. News. Trends. Best practice.
Online Courses
A simple introduction to plagiarism and Havard referencing. New to referencing? Start here.
Support
Contact Stephanie Fair at stephanie.fair@edinburghcollege.ac.uk
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