Transformative change and real utopias in early childhood education : a story of democracy, experimentation and potentiality

• Main Author: Moss, Peter, 1945- (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2014
• Edition: First published
• Series: Contesting early childhood series
• Subjects: předškolní výchova; předškolní výchova > sociální aspekty; vzdělávací politika; inovace ve vzdělávání; preschool education; preschool education > social aspects; educational policy; educational innovations; studie; studies
• ISBN: 9780415656009; 978-0-415-65601-6; 978-1-315-77990-4
• Physical Description: 231 stran : ilustrace ; 24 cm

"Early childhood education and care is a major policy issue among national governments and international organisations, promising high returns on social investment. Policy discussions are dominated by one model of provision, infused by neoliberal thinking, which constructs a formula of 'high quality', standardised goals and competition. This ground-breaking new book explores an alternative: an early childhood education and care with democracy and experimentation as fundamental values, providing a public space for citizens, young and adult, to encounter and create many projects, creating a collective workshop of many possibilities"--Resumé vydavatele