Physical Description:print ix, 338 p. : ill ; 24 cm.
Publisher:London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: Contestation, transformation and re-conceptualisation in early childhood education / Elizabeth Wood -- Theme I. Theoretical perspectives on learning, curriculum and pedagogy -- 1. Play in the Infants' School: An account of an educational experiment at the Raleigh Infants' School, Stepney, London, E.I. January 1933-April 1936 / E. R. Boyce -- 2. The cultural construction of child development: Creating institutional and cultural intersubjectivity / Marilyn Fleer -- 3. The struggle for early childhood curricula: A comparison of the English Foundation Stage Curriculum, Te Whariki and Reggio Emilia / Janet Soler and Linda Miller -- 4. Learning how to learn: Parental ethnotheories and young children's preparation for school / Liz Brooker -- Theme II. Play: Advances in theory and practice -- 5. Playing in/with the ZPD / Lois Holzman and Fred Newman -- 6. Togetherness and diversity in pre-school play / Ulf Janson -- 7. 'But I want to fly too!': Girls and superhero play in the infant classroom / Jackie Marsh -- 8. Symbolic play through the eyes and words of children / Janet K. Sawyers and Nathalie Carrick -- Theme III. Policy generation and implementation -- 9. Governance of early childhood education and care: Recent developments in OECD countries / Michelle J. Neuman -- 10. Transforming the early years in England / Kathy Sylva and Gillian Pugh -- 11. The 'childcare champion'? New Labour, social justice and the childcare market / Stephen J. Ball and Carol Vincent -- 12. Childhood and social inequality in Brazil / Fulvia Rosemberg -- Theme IV. Professionalism and professionalisation -- 13. Misplacing the teacher? New Zealand early childhood teachers and early childhood education policy reforms, 1984-96 / Judith Duncan -- 14. Professionalism and performativity: The feminist challenge facing early years practitioners / Jayne Osgood -- Theme V. Research methods: Agency and voice -- 15. Critical reflections on the experiences of a male early childhood worker / Jennifer Sumsion -- 16. Building social capital in early childhood education and care: An Australian study / Ann Farrell, Collette Tayler and Lee Tennent -- 17. Gendered childhoods: A cross-disciplinary overview / Heather Montgomery.
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