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OverviewTaking a broad approach, this second edition of Beyond Quality in Early Childhood Education and Care relates issues of early childhood to the sociology of childhood, philosophy, ethics, political science and other fields and to an analysis of the world we live in today. It places these issues in a global context and draws on work from Canada, Sweden and Italy, including the world famous nurseries in Reggio Emilia. Working with postmodern ideas, this book questions the search to define and measure quality in the early childhood field and its tendency to reduce philosophical issues of value to purely technical and managerial issues of expert knowledge and measurement. The authors argue that there are other ways than the 'discourse of quality' for understanding and evaluating early childhood pedagogical work and relate these to alternative ways of understanding early childhood itself and the purposes of early childhood institutions. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Gunilla Dahlberg (Institute of Education, Stockholm, Sweden) , Peter Moss (Thomas Coram Research Unit, Institute of Education, University College London, UK) , Alan Pence (University of Victoria, Canada)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Edition: 2nd New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.476kg ISBN: 9780415418485ISBN 10: 0415418488 Pages: 232 Publication Date: 21 December 2006 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate Replaced By: 9780415819046 Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Awaiting stock  Table of Contents1. What This Book is About 2. Theoretical Perspectives: Modernity and Postmodernity, Power and Ethics 3. Constructing Early Childhood Institution: What Do We Think It Is? 4. Constructing the Early Childhood Institution: What Do We Think They Are For? 5. Beyond the Discourse of Quality to the Discourse of Meaning Making 6. The Stockholm Project: Constructing a Pedagogy that Speaks in the Voice of the Child, the Pedagogue and the Parent 7. Pedagogical Documentation: A Practice for Reflection and Democracy 8. Minority Directions in the Majority World: Threats and PossibilitiesReviews[This is a]wonderfully rich text. We feel the book to be an expression of our identity too!This a 'good book'. Good because it is the product of dialogue and because it offers itself not only for consent, but also for dissent and negotiation by its non-dogmatic tone. Readers will feel welcomed, listened to and respected in their opinions, even when those opinions are in opposition to the authors' Carlina Rinaldi, executive Consultant for Reggio Children (taken from her preface to the 2nd edition) This book challenges its readers to engage deeply, critically and proactively with the paradigms that shape the politics and possibilities of early childhood education in a contemporary times. It is an inspiration and an affirmation for all who seek more socially just communities in and through early childhood education. Glenda MacNaughton, Associate Professor in Early Childhood and Director of the Centre for Equity and Innovation in Early Childhood, University of Melbourne Through their passionate and scholarly critique of the field of early childhood education, the authors have succeeded in producing a work that provokes dialogue, questioning, controversy and debate among its readers. Brenda Fyfe, Professor and Dean of the School of Education, Webster University, St.Louis, United States Author InformationStockholm School of Education, Sweden Thomas Coram Research Unit, Institute of Education, UK University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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