Contemporary Perspectives on Early Childhood Education

This book will consider and interrogate a range of new and contemporary Early Childhood issues that have emerged in the field in the past 5 years. The strength of this book is based on a consideration of issues that can be considered to be fundamental issues relevant to the field of early childhood [...]
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This book will consider and interrogate a range of new and contemporary Early Childhood issues that have emerged in the field in the past 5 years. The strength of this book is based on a consideration of issues that can be considered to be fundamental issues relevant to the field of early childhood education, as well as ground breaking in that they present ideas and utilize frameworks that are still not regarded as traditional or mainstream. They also consider the care and education of young children from a global perspective and deal with issues and groups of children/families that are often marginalized. They interrogate ideas with methodologies that are often postmodern in perspective, or present alternative readings that challenge the comfort zone of many early childhood educators. Such issues and methodologies are increasingly being favoured by teacher educators, parents and community members, who think that developmental perspectives do not satisfactorily explain and assist in interactions with young children and their families.