Alternative Narratives In Early Childhood

Author : Peter Moss
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351966580

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Challenging dominant discourses in the field of early childhood education, this book provides an accessible introduction to some of the alternative narratives and diverse perspectives that are increasingly to be heard in this field, as well as discussing the importance of paradigm, politics and ethics. Peter Moss draws on material published in the groundbreaking Contesting Early Childhood series to introduce readers to thinking that questions the mainstream approach to early childhood education and to offer rich examples to illustrate how this thinking is being put to work in practice. Key topics addressed include: dominant discourses in today’s early childhood education – and what is meant by ‘dominant discourse’ why politics and ethics are the starting points for early childhood education Reggio Emilia as an example of an alternative narrative the relevance to early childhood education of thinkers such as Michel Foucault and Gilles Deleuze and of theoretical positions such as posthumanism. An enlightening read for students and practitioners, as well as policymakers, academics and parents, this book is intended for anyone who wants to think more about early childhood education and delve deeper into new perspectives and debates in this field.

Author : Peter Moss
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Critical pedagogy
ISBN : 1138291544

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Dominant discourses, alternative narratives and resistance movements -- The importance of paradigm -- Politics and ethics as first practice -- Reggio Emilia : a story of democracy, experimentation and potentiality -- Michel Foucault : power, knowledge and truth -- Gilles Deleuze : though, movement and (more) experimentation -- Posthumanism, the posthuman child and intra-active pedagogy -- What next?

Author : Peter Moss
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 1315265249

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Alternative Narratives in Early Childhood by Peter Moss Pdf

Challenging dominant discourses in the field of early childhood education, this book provides an accessible introduction to some of the alternative narratives and diverse perspectives that are increasingly to be heard in this field, as well as discussing the importance of paradigm, politics and ethics. Peter Moss draws on material published in the groundbreaking Contesting Early Childhood series to introduce readers to thinking that questions the mainstream approach to early childhood education and to offer rich examples to illustrate how this thinking is being put to work in practice. Key topics addressed include: dominant discourses in today's early childhood education - and what is meant by 'dominant discourse' why politics and ethics are the starting points for early childhood education Reggio Emilia as an example of an alternative narrative the relevance to early childhood education of thinkers such as Michel Foucault and Gilles Deleuze and of theoretical positions such as posthumanism. An enlightening read for students and practitioners, as well as policymakers, academics and parents, this book is intended for anyone who wants to think more about early childhood education and delve deeper into new perspectives and debates in this field.

Author : Peter Moss
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317700876

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Transformative Change and Real Utopias in Early Childhood Education by Peter Moss Pdf

Early childhood education and care is a major policy issue for national governments and international organisations. This book contests two stories, both infused by neoliberal thinking, that dominate early childhood policy making today - ‘the story of quality and high returns’ and ‘the story of markets’, stories that promise high returns on investment if only the right technologies are applied to children and the perfection of a system based on competition and individual choice. But there are alternative stories and this book tells one: a ‘story of democracy, experimentation and potentiality’ in which early childhood centres are public spaces and public resources, places where democracy and experimentation are fundamental values, community workshops for realising the potentiality of citizens. This story calls for transformative change but offers a real utopia, both viable and achievable. The book discusses some of the conditions needed for the story’s enactment and shows what it means in practice in a chapter about project work contributed by a Swedish preschool teacher. Critical but hopeful, this book is an important contribution to resisting the dictatorship of no alternative and renewing a democratic politics of early childhood education. It is essential reading for students and teachers, researchers and other academics, and for all other concerned citizens.

Author : Alan R. Pence,Allison Benner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12
Category : Child care
ISBN : 1550585649

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Complexities, Capacities, Communities by Alan R. Pence,Allison Benner Pdf

Author : Gunilla Dahlberg,Peter Moss,Alan Pence,Dr Alan Pence
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2007-01-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134113514

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Beyond Quality in Early Childhood Education and Care by Gunilla Dahlberg,Peter Moss,Alan Pence,Dr Alan Pence Pdf

This book challenges received wisdom and the tendency to reduce philosophical issues of value to purely technical issues of measurement and management.

Author : Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw,Sylvia Kind,Laurie L. M. Kocher
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317588580

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Encounters With Materials in Early Childhood Education by Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw,Sylvia Kind,Laurie L. M. Kocher Pdf

Encounters with Materials in Early Childhood Education rearticulates understandings of materials—blocks of clay, sheets of paper, brushes and paints—to formulate what happens when we think with materials and apply them to early childhood development and classrooms. The book develops ways of thinking about materials that are more sustainable and insightful than what most children in the Western world experience today through capitalist narratives. Through a series of ethnographic events and engagement with existing ideas of relationality in the visual arts, feminist ethics, science studies, philosophy, and anthropology, Encounters with Materials in Early Childhood Education highlights how materials can be conceptualized as active participants in early childhood education and generators of human insight. A variety of examples show how educators, young children, and researchers have engaged in thinking with materials in early years classrooms and explore what materials are capable of in their encounters with other materials and with children. Please visit the companion website at www.encounterswithmaterials.com for additional features, including interviews with the authors and the teachers featured in the book, videos and photographs of the classroom narratives described in these pages, and an ongoing blog of the authors’ ethnographic notes.

Author : Jayne Osgood
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780415556217

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Narratives from the Nursery by Jayne Osgood Pdf

This text builds upon, and contributes to, ongoing debates surrounding professionalism in the early years' workforce. Aspects of social class, 'race' and gender are linked using practitioners' experiences of being and becoming professional in a rapidly changing policy climate.

Author : Gaile Sloan Cannella
Publisher : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015040149679

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Deconstructing Early Childhood Education by Gaile Sloan Cannella Pdf

From a critical perspective, some early childhood educators have proposed that the knowledge base used to ground the field actually serves to support the status quo, reinforces prejudices and stereotypes, and ignores the real lives of children. The purpose of this book is to deconstruct early childhood education, identifying and evaluating the themes and forms of discourse that have dominated the field, leading to the construction of specific theories and forms of practice that privilege particular groups of children and adults and oppress others. An alternative avenue for early childhood education is posited that focuses on social justice and human agency.

Author : Susan Jagger
Publisher : Canadian Scholars’ Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781773381244

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Early Years Education and Care in Canada by Susan Jagger Pdf

This ground-breaking collected volume features multiple voices from the field that, together, offer an extensive and balanced examination of the contemporary, historical, and philosophical influences that shape early childhood education and care in Canada today. Showcasing uniquely Canadian narratives, perspectives, and histories, the text provides a superb foundation in the key topics and approaches of the field, including Indigenous ways of knowing, holistic education, play, the nature of childhood, developmental approaches, and the impact of educational philosophers and theorists such as Rousseau and Dewey. The authors discuss current and reimagined themes such as children’s rights, diversity and inclusion, multimodality, ecology, and Indigenous education in the context of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Featuring chapters by academics from across Canada that explore the field’s history and future, as well as guiding questions to support reader engagement, Early Years Education and Care in Canada is a fundamental resource for students, academics, practitioners, and policymakers in early childhood education and care.

Author : Tricia David,Kathy Goouch,Sacha Powell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317392781

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The Routledge International Handbook of Philosophies and Theories of Early Childhood Education and Care by Tricia David,Kathy Goouch,Sacha Powell Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of Philosophies and Theories of Early Childhood Education and Care brings together leading writers in the field to provide a much-needed, authoritative guide to the major philosophies and theories which have shaped approaches to Early Childhood Education and Care. Providing a detailed overview of key concepts, debates and practical challenges, the handbook combines theoretical acumen with specific examples to show how philosophies and theories have evolved over the centuries and their impact on policy and society. It examines the ways in which societies define and make sense of childhood and the factors that influence the development of philosophies about young children and their learning. The collection offers an insight into the key theorists and considers how the economics and politics of their time and personal ideology influenced their ideas about childhood. It looks at curricula and provision which have proved inspirational and how these have impacted on policy and practice in different parts of the world. The handbook also explores alternative and perhaps less familiar philosophies and ideas about babies and young children, their place in society and the ways in which it might be appropriate to educate them Bringing together specially commissioned pieces by a range of international authors, this handbook will enable academics, research students, practitioners and policy-makers to reflect on their own understandings and approaches, as well as the assumptions made in their own and other societies.

Author : Gunilla Dahlberg,Peter Moss
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Education
ISBN : 0415280427

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Ethics and Politics in Early Childhood Education by Gunilla Dahlberg,Peter Moss Pdf

Drawing on a range of early childhood services, particularly the 'Reggio approach', this book presents essential ideas, theories and debates to an international audience and explores the ethical and political dimensions in this field.

Author : Guy Roberts-Holmes,Peter Moss
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780429638749

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Neoliberalism and Early Childhood Education by Guy Roberts-Holmes,Peter Moss Pdf

Neoliberalism, with its worldview of competition, choice and calculation, its economisation of everything, and its will to govern has ‘sunk its roots deep’ into Early Childhood Education and Care. This book considers its deeply detrimental impacts upon young children, families, settings and the workforce. Through an exploration of possibilities for resistance and refusal, and reflection on the significance of the coronavirus pandemic, Roberts-Holmes and Moss provide hope that neoliberalism’s current hegemony can be successfully contested. The book provides a critical introduction to neoliberalism and three closely related and influential concepts – Human Capital theory, Public Choice theory and New Public Management – as well as an overview of the impact of neoliberalism on compulsory education, in particular through the Global Education Reform Movement. With its main focus on Early Childhood Education and Care, this book argues that while neoliberalism is a very powerful force, it is ‘deeply problematic, eminently resistible and eventually replaceable’ – and that there are indeed alternatives. Neoliberalism and Early Childhood Education is an insightful supplement to the studies of students and researchers in Early Childhood Education and Sociology of Education, and is also highly relevant to policy makers.

Author : Susan Stacey
Publisher : Redleaf Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781605543925

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Pedagogical Documentation in Early Childhood by Susan Stacey Pdf

An inspiring step-by-step guide to documenting children's ideas, questions, and learning in a way that enhances teacher's thinking and understanding

Author : Sue Elliott,Eva Ärlemalm-Hagsér,Julie M. Davis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Education
ISBN : 0429446764

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Researching Early Childhood Education for Sustainability by Sue Elliott,Eva Ärlemalm-Hagsér,Julie M. Davis Pdf

This book captures the now burgeoning research field of early childhood education for sustainability (ECEfS) and comprises insights from an ever-widening and diverse pool of researchers, who are promoting, engaging, and explaining the latest ECEfS research in the light of local, national, and United Nations global policy directives. With the increasing urgency of global climate disruptions, resource depletions, and biodiversity losses alongside greater human dislocation, the international scope of research and theory in this book provides a comprehensive guide to the role of sustainability in early childhood education, at a time when it is needed more than ever. Elliott, Ärlemalm-Hagsér, and Davis have brought together a collection of studies that offer new insights and approaches to ECEfS which challenge dominant narratives surrounding early childhood education and sustainability, including topics such as: how diverse worldviews and cultures challenge perceptions of sustainability; how bold national early education policies and urgent shifts in teacher education are imperative for driving transformative practices; and, how ECEfS curriculum and pedagogy can be incorporated successfully into early years settings. This book will both inspire researchers and more deeply enable early years' educators to practise sustainability with children, and so will be of great interest to scholars, lecturers, and researchers, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students, across the increasingly intersecting fields of sustainability and early childhood education.