Practical transformations and transformational practices globalization, postmodernism, and early childhood education

Both traditional and progressive curricula are inadequate for the task of responding to the economic, political, social, and cultural changes that have occurred as a result of globalization. This book documents some of the ongoing work occurring in early childhood settings that is aimed at improving...

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Other Authors Ryan, Sharon, Grieshaber, Susan
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam ; Oxford : Elsevier JAI, 2005.
SeriesAdvances in early education and day care ; v. 14.
Subjects
Early childhood education.
Teachers > Training of.
Multicultural education.
Postmodernism.
Pre-school & kindergarten.
Education > Curricula.
Education > Preschool & Kindergarten.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781849503648
1849503648
9780762312382
0762312386
ISSN0270-4021 ;
DOI10.1016/S0270-4021(2005)14
Physical Description1 online resource (xv, 272 p.) : ill.

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Stuart Reife
  • Transforming ideas and practices / Susan Grieshaber, Sharon Ryan
  • Voices at the table: an analysis of collaboration in the policy process for a local preschool initiative / Lucinda G. Heimer
  • (De) Centering the kindergarten prototype in the child-centered classroom / Elizabeth Graue
  • Teaching notes / Felicity McArdle
  • The amorphous pretend play curriculum: theorizing embodied synthetic multicultural props / Richard Johnson
  • Implementing Te Whàriki / Jenny Ritchie
  • Postcolonial theory and the practice of teacher education / Radhika Viruru
  • Becoming early childhood teachers: linking action research and postmodern theory in a language and literacy course / Celia Genishi, Shin-ying Huang, Tamara Glupczynski
  • Putting postmodern theories into practice in early childhood teacher education / Jennifer Sumsion
  • Challenging the culture of expertise: moving beyond training the always, already failing early childhood educator / Sue Novinger, Leigh O'Brien, Lou Sweigman
  • Improvisation: postmodern play for early childhood teachers / Carrie Lobman.

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