Perspectives and Provocations in Early Childhood Education

Perspectives and Provocations in Early Childhood Education
Author: Vivian Vasquez
Publisher: IAP
Total Pages: 135
Release: 2013-04-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 161735967X

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Mandates to implement practices that are antithetical to what we embrace as supportive of young children’s literacy learning are pervasive. Teachers of young children are asked to teach-to-the test in ways that take away opportunities for holistic, thoughtful, play-oriented practices that allow children to construct knowledge through contextualized and purposeful experiences. In 2009 the Early Childhood Assembly was formed by a group of early childhood educators to provide a home at the National Council for Teacher of English for all who work with young children. Perspectives and Provocations in Early Childhood Education is a publication of the ECEA. The publication is intended to support teachers of young children and those interested in studying about early literacy by putting on offer texts with a strong emphasis on promoting thoughtful practices that enhance the teaching and learning of young children within and across diverse communities. All royalties from the book go to the ECEA to help the organization advance its goals of providing scholarships for early childhood teachers to participate in conferences and professional development events.

Perspectives and Provocations in Early Childhood Education

Perspectives and Provocations in Early Childhood Education
Author: Vivian Vasquez
Publisher:
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2012-11-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781617359927

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Mandates to implement practices that are antithetical to what we embrace as supportive of young children's literacy learning are pervasive. Teachers of young children are asked to teach-to-the test in ways that take away opportunities for holistic, thoughtful, play-oriented practices that allow children to construct knowledge through contextualized and purposeful experiences. In 2009 the Early Childhood Assembly was formed by a group of early childhood educators to provide a home at the National Council for Teacher of English for all who work with young children. Perspectives and Provocations in Early Childhood Education is a publication of the ECEA. The publication is intended to support teachers of young children and those interested in studying about early literacy by putting on offer texts with a strong emphasis on promoting thoughtful practices that enhance the teaching and learning of young children within and across diverse communities. All royalties from the book go to the ECEA to help the organization advance its goals of providing scholarships for early childhood teachers to participate in conferences and professional development events.

Perspectives and Provocations in Early Childhood Education Volume 3

Perspectives and Provocations in Early Childhood Education Volume 3
Author: Carol Branigan Felderman
Publisher: IAP
Total Pages: 95
Release: 2014-12-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 162396900X

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In classrooms where children’s voices are valued, young readers and writers possess power. Their ability to exert this power through literacy is especially evident in classrooms where children, who are traditionally marginalized, can use their voices to be change agents. In this third volume of Perspectives and Provocations in Early Childhood Education, the authors’ stories explore students’ agentive power to change themselves, their teachers, school administrators, and the world.

Research in Early Childhood Education for Sustainability

Research in Early Childhood Education for Sustainability
Author: Julie Davis
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 355
Release: 2014-06-20
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1317663616

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Sustainability is a global issue that urgently needs addressing, and for which the most serious consequences are for children and future generations. This insightful research text tackles one of the most significant contemporary issues of our times – the nexus between society and environment – and how early childhood education can contribute to sustainable living. By offering international and multidisciplinary research perspectives on Early Childhood Education for Sustainability, each chapter explores and investigates the complex topic of sustainability and its relationship to early childhood education. A particular emphasis that runs through this text is young children as empowered citizens, capable of both contributing to and creating change for sustainability. The chapter authors work from, or are aligned with, a transformative education paradigm that suggests the socio-constructivist frameworks currently underpinning Early Childhood Education require reframing in light of the social transformations necessary to address humanity’s unsustainable, unjust and unhealthy living patterns. This research text is designed to be provocative and challenging; in so doing it seeks to encourage exploration of current understandings about Early Childhood Education for Sustainability, offers new dimensions for more deeply informed practice, and proposes avenues for further research in this field.

Critical Perspectives on Early Childhood Education

Critical Perspectives on Early Childhood Education
Author: Lois Weis
Publisher: SUNY Press
Total Pages: 298
Release: 1991-01-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780791406977

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This book explores key policy issues related to early childhood education. Through the contributions of various professionals in the field, the editors provide a vision, practical and possible, of early childhood education in the 1990s. Part I delves into the complex world, both personal and professional, of the classroom teacher. The essays in Part II look at issues of the school community, including the roles of class, race, gender, and exceptionality. Finally, Part III examines the relationship between schools and the community-at-large, and how complex issues find their way into social and economic policies that often stifle, rather than support, the democratic vision of American schools. Taken as a whole, the volume presents a stimulating discussion of the current state of early childhood education policy and practice.

Contemporary Perspectives and Research on Early Childhood Education

Contemporary Perspectives and Research on Early Childhood Education
Author: Jeanne Galbraith
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 435
Release: 2014-04-23
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1443859648

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Contemporary Perspectives and Research on Early Childhood Education is a welcome addition to the field of early childhood education. This book enhances the understanding of different approaches to curriculum and instruction; appropriate assessment strategies; the role of math and science in children’s development; the importance of seeing the whole child and ensuring children develop holistically through play and arts; training effective teachers; and the importance of helping parents to be better supporters of their children. Along with this comprehensive content, the book also contains diverse methodologies including qualitative, quantitative and mixed-method approaches, which will further enrich the reader’s perspective and understanding of a wide range of topics in the field. Thus, this book creates a platform for researchers and practitioners to share and discuss research findings, expertise, and experiences about early childhood education.

Psychological Perspectives on Early Childhood Education

Psychological Perspectives on Early Childhood Education
Author: Susan L. Golbeck
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2001-03
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1135669643

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Brings together the work of leading researchers in the field of child development and early education to examine current problems from the perspective of psychological theory and research.

Teachers' and Families' Perspectives in Early Childhood Education and Care

Teachers' and Families' Perspectives in Early Childhood Education and Care
Author: Sivanes Phillipson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2019-01-30
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1351397893

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The second volume in this Early Childhood Education in the 21st Century: International Teaching, Family and Policy Perspectives miniseries focuses on teacher and family perspectives of early childhood education and care from 19 different countries around the world. The aim of this volume is to articulate the key components of teacher education and family practices that impact young children’s education and care. Each country featured in this volume presents its own unique perspective in relation to the cultural and societal constraints around teacher training and/or family practices and the thinking around those practices that are important for early childhood development. Offering a unique insight into how teachers and families work together in different countries, the book is essential reading for early childhood educators, researchers, early childhood organisations, policy makers and those interested to know more about early childhood within an international perspective.

Going Beyond the Theory/Practice Divide in Early Childhood Education

Going Beyond the Theory/Practice Divide in Early Childhood Education
Author: Hillevi Lenz Taguchi
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2009-09-10
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1135217866

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This book identifies the gaps needing to be bridged to achieve a more inclusive and ‘just’ early childhood education, in relation to class, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, race, disabilities and age, and explores various ways of bridging these gaps.

Empowering Early Childhood Educators

Empowering Early Childhood Educators
Author: Naomi McLeod
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2019-06-05
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1351387812

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This forward-thinking text challenges educators to think about and question the purpose of education and explores international understandings of the role played by early years professionals in promoting participatory, ethical and reflexive practice which benefits children as independent decision-makers. By exploring the different perspectives, concepts and practices adopted in early childhood settings in Denmark, Finland, Aotearoa, New Zealand and Sweden, Empowering Early Childhood Educators demonstrates the potential of participatory and democratic approaches in day-to-day practice. Illustrating how pedagogical approaches such as Te Whāriki, Reggio Emilia and the Montessori method may be understood and interpreted to maximise children’s engagement in their socio-cultural context, chapters empower educators to question their professional experience, knowledge and initiative to find a balance between directives and ethical practice. A rich combination of case studies, commentaries, interviews and conversations, the text offers critical insight into the daily practices and challenges of early years educators around the world and inspires critical reflection on practices which empower them. A powerful revaluation of the purposes and value of early childhood education, Empowering Early Childhood Educators will be of interest to early years practitioners, students and researchers.