Professional Communication for Early Childhood Educators

Interpersonal and Workplace Communication in Everyday Practice
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-0-19-032288-5
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 190 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 382 g

Quality early childhood education requires educators to develop strong relationships with children, families, colleagues, and professional and community stakeholders. Integral to the building and maintaining of such relationships is effective interpersonal and workplace communication.

Communicating with diverse individuals and groups within and external to the early childhood setting, requires proficiency in skills that include active listening, showing empathy, being assertive, interviewing, managing conflict, managing change, and working in teams. Through developing interpersonal and workplace communication skills, educators gain capacity to practice as intentional and effective communicators in complex and dynamic teaching environments.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fenech, Marianne

Ribarovski, Jennifer

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Sonderpädagogik, Heilpädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Methoden des Lehrens und Lernens
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Lehrerausbildung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1. Why Effective Communication Matters

- 2. Exploring the Communication Process

- 3. Principles of Professional Communication

- Part B: Interpersonal Communication

- 4. Active listening

- 5. Engaging and Meeting with Families

- 6. Intercultural Communication

- 7. Communication and Social Media

- Part C: Workplace Communication

- 8. Understanding Workplace Communication

- 9. Working in Teams

- 10. Meetings and Making Decisions

- 11. Working with and Leading Change

- 12. Difficult Conversations

Über Autor(innen)

Marianne Fenech, Senior Lecturer and Director of Early Childhood, University of Sydney

Marianne Fenech has over 10 years experience managing and leading services for families and young children, and since 2004, has lectured and conducted research on quality early childhood education. She is a strong advocate for children and the early childhood teaching profession. She has led a number of submissions to federal government departments on early childhood policy and is Chair of the NSW/ACT Early Childhood Teacher Education Council and the National Early Childhood Teacher Education Network.

Jennifer Ribarovski, Managing Director of JR Education Consulting Services

Jennifer Ribarovski is the Managing Director of JR Education Consulting and has over thirty years experience in the education and care sector. Jennifer has trained authorised officers across Australia to assess against the National Quality Standard, and has developed curriculum and support documents to assist educators in their pedagogical journey. She has taught in preschools, early childhood centres, public schools, at universities and has a wealth of experience in translating educational theory into practice. Along with her consulting practice, Jennifer currently teaches at and provides consultancy services to Sydney University in both the undergraduate and postgraduate early childhood degree.