Early Childhood and Development Work: Theories, Policies, and Practices

Author:   Anne-Trine Kjørholt ,  Helen Penn
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2019
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9783030082239


Pages:   227
Publication Date:   08 February 2019
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Author:   Anne-Trine Kjørholt ,  Helen Penn
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2019
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9783030082239


ISBN 10:   3030082237
Pages:   227
Publication Date:   08 February 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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1. Patronage, Welfare, Tenders, Private Consultancies and Expert Measurement: What Is Happening in Early Childhood Education and Care.- 2. Early Childhood and Children’s Rights: A Critical Perspective.- 3. Perspectivist Challenges for ECD Intervention in Africa.- 4. Early Childhood Education and Care from a Gender Perspective.- 5. South Africa: Measuring Up—The Sobambisana Evaluation.- 6. Promoting Indigenous Epistemologies in Early Childhood Development Policy and Practice in Pastoralist Communities in Kenya.- 7. Conceptualizing Early Schooling in Pakistan: Perspectives from Teachers and Parents.- 8. Uzbekistan: Implementing ECEC Services in Authoritarian Regimes.- 9. ‘The Knowledge Is in Your Ears, in the Stories You Hear from the Grandparents’: Creating Intercultural Dialogue Through Memories of Childhood.-  10. Growing into Music.- 11. Early Childhood: A Panacea for Intervention? Theories, Approaches and Practices in Development Work.

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Anne Trine Kjørholt is Professor and former director of the Norwegian Centre for Child Research, Department of Education and Life Long Learning, at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway. She has led many research projects in Europe and African countries related to various topics, such as early childhood policies and practices, children’s rights, cross cultural perspectives on childhood, local knowledge and identities across three generations. Helen Penn is Professor Emerita of Early Childhood in the School of Education at University of East London, UK, and is currently Visiting Professor at Thomas Coram Research Unit in the Institute of Education at University College London, UK. Dr. Penn is an expert on early education and childcare policies. She works in many countries for international bodies such as the EU and the OECD and has a particular interest in developing countries.

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