Handbook of International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education [Paperback]

The Handbook of International Perspectives on Early Childhood Educationprovides a groundbreaking compilation of research from an interdisciplinary group of distinguished experts in early childhood education (ECE), child development, cultural and cross-cultural research in the psychological sciences, etc. The chapters provide current overviews of ECE in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, Africa, Europe, the US, and Canada, and convey how ECE is multi-sectorial, multi-cultural, and multi-disciplinary, undergirded by such disciplines as neuroscience, psychological anthropology, cross-cultural human development, childhood studies, and political science.

1.Introduction: State of the Worlds Children, Childrens Rights, Parenting, Health Part 1: Latin America and the Caribbean 2. Early Childhood Education in Caribbean Countries: A Focus on Academics and Obedience 3. Changing conceptions in Brazilian early childhood education curriculum 4. Early Childhood Education in Mexico 5. Conceptualizing professional knowledge toward teaching for social justice in Early Childhood Teacher Education in Colombia, Clara Rubiano, District University of Bogot?, Colombia Part 2: Turkey and the Middle East 6. Early Childhood Education in Turkey, Belma Turul, Hacettepe ?niversitesi, Turkey 7.  Early Childhood Education in Saudi Arabia: Concerns, Now and Then 8. Early Childhood Education in Israel: History, Policy, and Practice 9. Early Childhood Education in Oman: Challenges and SolutionsPart 3: Asia, Australia, and New Zealand 10. Early Childhood Education and the Indian Child 11. Early Childhood Education in Bhutan 12. Early Childhood Education in Hong Kong 13. Early Childhood Education in China 14. Early Childhood Education in Korea 15. Early Childhood Education in Taiwan 16. Theory and Practiló,