Seven Crucial Conversations in Early Childhood Education
Teachers' College Press (Verlag)
978-0-8077-6930-0 (ISBN)
Designed to spark an interchange of ideas, this book presents early childhood education as a nuanced, shifting, and complex field. Readers will bear witness to several decades of the lived experiences of influential leaders engaged in conversation about seven major topics: systems of early care and education, diversity and children’s rights, developmentally appropriate practice, perspectives on play, curriculum and pedagogy, the care of infants and toddlers, and families and family engagement. Each chapter is accompanied by a “Reflections” essay from one of the volume editors that includes important source material and theoretical and research perspectives. Readers are invited to reflect thoughtfully on each topic to construct their own understanding of where the field has been and why it matters. Contributors reveal how they have been shaped by societal values and events, as well as how they have helped to shape the field as we know it. These reflective dialogues help readers develop greater understanding of the past and its influence on the present, while preparing readers to make decisions throughout their careers about what matters and why it is important to young children and their families.
Book Features:
Examines recent history in early childhood education via conversations that are forward-thinking and backward-reflecting.
Illustrates how time and place have impacted ideology and practice in early childhood education in the United States.
Offers new perspectives and creates new understandings through the experiences of well-known leaders in the field.
Encourages readers to reflect on the past, present, and future of the field and reclaim its practice in an era that threatens standardization and technocracy.
Nancy File is a professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. Nancy E. Barbour is a professor emeritus at Kent State University. Andrew J. Stremmel is a professor emeritus at South Dakota State University.
Contents
Foreword Diane M. Horm vii
Introduction 1
Nancy File, Nancy E. Barbour, and Andrew J. Stremmel
1. Systems of Early Care and Education 5
W. Steven Barnett and Jacqueline Jones
Reflections on the Systems of Early Care and Education Conversation 25
Nancy E. Barbour
2. Diversity, Equity, and Children’s Rights in Early Childhood Education 31
Gloria Swindler Boutte and Dina C. Castro
Reflections on the Diversity, Equity, and Children’s Rights in Early Childhood Education Conversation 43
Nancy File
3. Developmentally Appropriate Practice: The Position Statement of the National Association for the Education of Young Children 49
Sue Bredekamp and Marilou Hyson
Reflections on the Developmentally Appropriate Practice Position Statement of the National Association for the Education of Young Children Conversation 69
Nancy E. Barbour
4. The Place of Play in Early Childhood Education 75
Jaipaul L. Roopnarine and Jeffrey Trawick-Smith
Reflections on the Place of Play in Early Childhood Education Conversation 95
Nancy File
5. Curriculum and Pedagogy in Early Childhood Education 101
J. Amos Hatch and Marjorie Kostelnik
Reflections on the Curriculum and Pedagogy in Early Childhood Education Conversation 121
Andrew J. Stremmel
6. The Place of Infants and Toddlers in Early Childhood Education 127
Mary Benson McMullen and Susan L. Recchia
Reflections on the Place of Infants and Toddlers Conversation 145
Nancy File
7. Families and Family Engagement in Early Childhood Education 151
Douglas R. Powell and Mari Riojas-Cortez
Reflections on the Families and Family Engagement in Early Childhood Education Conversation 169
Andrew J. Stremmel
8. Closing Thoughts: Reflections and (Re)Claiming 173
Katherine K. Delaney
Afterword: A Final Word on Conversations 183
Andrew J. Stremmel
Index 185
About the Editors 193
| Erscheinungsdatum | 28.03.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Early Childhood Education Series |
| Vorwort | Diane M. Horm |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 295 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Vorschulpädagogik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8077-6930-4 / 0807769304 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8077-6930-0 / 9780807769300 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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