DEBATES ON EARLY CHILDHOOD POLICIES AND PRACTICES by Professor Theodora Papatheodorou (Editor) ( 9781136587054 )

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Title:

DEBATES ON EARLY CHILDHOOD POLICIES AND PRACTICES
GLOBAL SNAPSHOTS OF PEDAGOGICAL THINKING AND ENCOUNTERS

By:

Professor Theodora Papatheodorou (Editor)

Format:

Electronic book text

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ISBN 10:

1136587055

ISBN 13:

9781136587054

Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

16 May, 2012

Pages:

230

Synopsis:

Globally, Early Years policies and documents have set out aspirational outcomes and benefits for children, their families and the wider society. These policies have emphasised the place of early childhood provision within the wider global agenda, by tackling inequality and disadvantage early on in children's lives. However, these strategies have also raised further debates regarding the way they have informed and shaped curricula frameworks and pedagogical approaches. The international team of contributors to this book argue that if these issues are not explicitly acknowledged, understood, critiqued and negotiated, emerging policies and documents may potentially lead to disadvantaging, marginalising and even pathologising certain childhoods.Divided into two parts, the volume demonstrates the dialectic nature of both policy and practice. The chapters in this wide-ranging text: explore and articulate the philosophical premises and values that underpin current early childhood policy, curricula and pedagogiesexplicitly acknowledge and articulate some of potential conflicts and challenges they presentprovide examples of divergent and creative pedagogical thinkinghighlight opportunities for enabling pedagogical cultures and encounters. Debates on Early Childhood Policies and Practices is aimed at a wide readership including academics and researchers in early years education, policy makers, undergraduate and postgraduate students, practitioners and early childhood professionals.

Illustrations:

14 Line drawings, black and white; 2 Halftones, black and white; 25 Tables,

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Imprint:

Routledge

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Non-returnable

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