Doing Foucault in Early Childhood Studies

Author: Glenda MacNaughton
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415321006
Category : Early childhood education
Languages : en
Pages : 260

Book Description
Using case studies and real situations, this book highlights the important contribution that Foucault and other post-structural theorists can make to research and practice in early childhood services.

Doing Action Research In Early Childhood Studies: A Step-By-Step Guide

Author: Mac Naughton, Glenda
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN: 0335228623
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 266

Book Description
Using varied illustrations and case studies of contemporary projects in diverse early childhood contexts, the book addresses specific issues and challenges that you might face when conducting action research in such settings.

Alternative Narratives in Early Childhood

Author: Peter Moss
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351966588
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 277

Book Description
Challenging dominant discourses in the field of early childhood education, this book provides an accessible introduction to some of the alternative narratives and diverse perspectives that are increasingly to be heard in this field, as well as discussing the importance of paradigm, politics and ethics. Peter Moss draws on material published in the groundbreaking Contesting Early Childhood series to introduce readers to thinking that questions the mainstream approach to early childhood education and to offer rich examples to illustrate how this thinking is being put to work in practice. Key topics addressed include: dominant discourses in today’s early childhood education – and what is meant by ‘dominant discourse’ why politics and ethics are the starting points for early childhood education Reggio Emilia as an example of an alternative narrative the relevance to early childhood education of thinkers such as Michel Foucault and Gilles Deleuze and of theoretical positions such as posthumanism. An enlightening read for students and practitioners, as well as policymakers, academics and parents, this book is intended for anyone who wants to think more about early childhood education and delve deeper into new perspectives and debates in this field.

Doing Foucault in Early Childhood Studies

Author: Glenda Mac Naughton
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134359551
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 260

Book Description
The theories and analyses of post-structural thinkers such as Michel Foucault can seem a long way from practice in early childhood services. In recent years, however, many early childhood researchers and practitioners have found this work important and this fascinating book brings together a range of research and case-studies showing how teachers and researchers have brought post-structuralism to the classroom. The book covers such issues as: becoming post-structurally reflective about truth mapping classroom meanings tactics of rhizoanalysis becoming again in critically-knowing communities. Case-studies and examples taken from real situations are used and will be of interest to anyone studying or researching early childhood practice and policy.

Ethics and Politics in Early Childhood Education

Author: Gunilla Dahlberg
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415280426
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 224

Book Description
Drawing on a range of early childhood services, particularly the 'Reggio approach', this book presents essential ideas, theories and debates to an international audience and explores the ethical and political dimensions in this field.

Doing Foucault in Early Childhood Studies

Author: Glenda MacNaughton
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113435956X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 198

Making a Place for Pleasure in Early Childhood Education

Author: Joseph J. Tobin
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300146493
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 315

Book Description
Kindergarten kissing games...four-year-olds playing doctor...a teacher holding a crying child on his lap as he comforts her. Interactions like these—spontaneous and pleasurable—are no longer encouraged in American early childhood classrooms, and in some cases they are forbidden. The quality of the lives of our children and their teachers is thereby diminished, contend the contributors to this timely book. In response to much-publicized incidents of child abuse by caretakers, a "moral panic" has swept over early childhood education. In this book, experienced teachers of young children and teacher education experts issue a plea for sanity, for restoring a sense of balance to preschool, nursery school, and kindergarten classrooms. The contributors to this book explore how caretakers of preschool children and other adults have overreacted to fears about child abuse. Drawing on feminist, queer, and poststructural theories, the authors argue for the restoration of pleasure as a goal of early childhood education.

Beyond Quality in Early Childhood Education and Care

Author: Gunilla Dahlberg
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113411351X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 229

Book Description
This book challenges received wisdom and the tendency to reduce philosophical issues of value to purely technical issues of measurement and management.

Encyclopedia of Teacher Education

Author: Michael A. Peters
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 9811686793
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 2238

Book Description
This encyclopaedia is a dynamic and living reference that student teachers, teacher educators, researchers and professionals in the field of education with an accent on all aspects of teacher education, including: teaching practice; initial teacher education; teacher induction; teacher development; professional learning; teacher education policies; quality assurance; professional knowledge, standards and organisations; teacher ethics; and research on teacher education, among other issues. The Encyclopedia is an authoritative work by a collective of leading world scholars representing different cultures and traditions, the global policy convergence and counter-practices relating to the teacher education profession. The accent will be equally on teaching practice and practitioner knowledge, skills and understanding as well as current research, models and approaches to teacher education.

Teaching Young Children: Choices In Theory And Practice

Author: Mac Naughton, Glenda
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN: 0335235921
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 449

Book Description
This book presents early childhood students and staff with a broad and diverse range of teaching techniques to support children's learning. It examines 26 techniques ranging from simple ones, such as describing and listening, to more complex methods, such as deconstruction and scaffolding. The strategies selected are derived from the best current research knowledge about how young children learn. A detailed evaluation of each strategy enables childcare staff, early childhood teachers and students to expand their repertoire of teaching strategies and to critically evaluate their own teaching in early childhood settings. Vignettes and examples show how early childhood staff use the techniques to support children's learning and help to bring the discussion of each technique to life. Revised and updated in light of the latest research, new features include: * Coverage of the phonics debate * Addition of ICT content * Questions for further discussion * Revision to the chapter on problem solving * Updated referencing throughout Teaching Young Children is key reading for students and experienced early childhood staff working in diverse settings with young children.