International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education and Care

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International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education and Care

International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education and Care

Authors: Jan Georgeson and Jane Payler

Published: February 2013 Pages: 288

eISBN: 9780335245925 | ISBN: 9780335245918

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List of tables

Contributors

Acknowledgements

PART 1 Setting the scene

1 The importance of international perspectives

2 Widening awareness of international approaches: an imperative for twenty-first-century early years practitioners?

3 International recognition of children’s rights and its influence on early childhood education and care: the case of Zambia

PART 2 How approaches have developed

4 Embedding early childhood education and care in the socio-cultural context: the case of Italy

5 The new face of early childhood in the United States

6 A critique of euro-centric perspectives on early childhood education and care in the Gambia

7 Estonia: socio-historic and political influences on the early childhood education and care system

8 Early childhood education in Norway and Sweden today: education for democracy

PART 3 Workforce issues

9 South Africa: who are the early years practitioners and where do they work?

10 The quest for quality early childhood education and care: leadership in a changing political context in England and Hong Kong

11 India: early childhood educators in changing patterns of early childhood education and care

12 Early childhood education and care in the Czech Republic: recent developments within a changing society

Part 4 Putting it into practice: curriculum and pedagogy

13 Day to day in Italian preschools: environments for learning and development

14 A day in the life of a New Zealand kindergarten teacher: a curriculum of open possibilities

15 HighScope today: pedagogy for learning and development

16 China: pedagogy today and the move towards creativity

17 Canada: developing an ethical pedagogy and curriculum

18 Diverse theories for diverse learners? The Australian early years learning framework

19 Using Leuven observation and assessment tools to investigate outdoor provision

20 Hungary: kindergarten as a public education institution

21 The Japanese view of nature and its implications for the teaching of science in the early childhood years

22 Early childhood education and care in the UK: piecemeal development through philanthropy, propagation, pluralism, and pragmatism

Subject Index

Author Index