Critical issues in early childhood education /
By: Yelland, Nicola
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Publisher: Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2005Description: xii, 258 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780335215966 (pbk.); 9780335215966:.Subject(s): Early childhood education -- Great Britain -- Evaluation | Early childhood education -- Great BritainDDC classification: 372.21 Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Against the tide : new ways in early childhood education -- Reconceptualizing the field (of early care and education) : if "western" child development is a problem, then what do we do? -- Developmental theory and early childhood education : necessary but not sufficient -- How "bad" can it be? : Troubling gender, sexuality, and early chilldhood teaching -- Preschool children's portrayals of their male teacher : a poststructuralist analysis -- Who can speak? : Silence, voice and pedagogy -- Freedom to choose : examining children's experiences in choice time -- Learning to be a child : cultural diversity and early years ideology -- Questioning diversity -- Secret children's business : resisting and redefining access to learning in the early childhood classroom -- "Civilizaiton of replicas" : disrupting multicultural pretend play props -- Digikids : young children, popular culture and media -- Literarily lost : the quest for quality literacy agendas in early childhood education -- Curriculum, padagogies and practice with ICT in the information age -- Postmodernism, passion and potential for future childhoods.
Examining critical issues in early childhood education, this text asks: What are some of the long held beliefs in childhood education that need to be challenged? What can postmodern perspectives offer to early childhood educators? How can early childhood educators deal with the complex issues that arise in the lives of children?