Shaping Early Childhood: Learners, Curriculum and Contexts"This should be essential reading for anyone involved in the training and professional development of early years practitioners... It is an impressive analysis of the historical and contemporary 'big ideas' that have influenced societies ' and practitioners' views of children and the nature of the curriculum. There are powerful sections on parents and communities ... I particularly liked the stimulating 'ideas galleries' with their statements from researchers, policy-makers and practitioners around the world." This key textbook introduces students and practitioners to a wide range of different approaches to early childhood. It provides practical strategies for developing and implementing early learning experiences that promote excellence and equity for children. The book presents the latest research and thinking about good practice, discusses how various philosophies and beliefs influence decisions in early childhood education, and identifies the key thinkers behind each approach. By examining different perspectives, the book helps early childhood practitioners to navigate their way through competing views, make informed choices, and be critically reflective in their work. In an accessible, lively and user-friendly way, it explores issues such as:
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... value-based. It is against that background of differing curriculum landscapes that this book is written. It intends to enable early childhood educators to explore the different ways in which early childhood curriculum can be constructed ...
... value decision that the individual educator must make ... One cannot choose not to choose, because to accept the status quo is also to make a choice. (Sleeter and Grant 1999: 224) Governments, as well as international institutions, must ...
... value and innocence of childhood and see in the child our hope for authentic experiences of freedom. Strictly, a Romantic is someone who holds an idealized view of something (for example, childhood) that often appeals to emotion, rather ...
... values and life styles of the minority groups are replaced by those of the majority groups. Diversity is natural If nature determines our development, then differences between children's ways of being and doing are just natural ...
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Contents
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Part Two Positions on the early childhood curriculum | 111 |
Part Three Curriculum contexts | 245 |
References | 320 |
Index | 341 |
Back cover | 353 |