Comparative Early Childhood Education Services International Perspectives [Hardcover]

This reconceptualizes the place of early childhood education within communities. It?presents a shift in the lens of the teachers and management within early childhood services to incorporate new ways of working with, alongside, and in collaboration with family and the wider community.Introduction; J.Duncan & S.Te One Building Communities: Begins in the Early Years; J.Duncan Working with Strengths: Building Resilience in Communities and Families; R.Munford Families and Young Children in Arizona: Stories from a Contextualized Statewide Study; B.Blue Swadener , J.Joanou & D.Holiday Beyond Heteronormativity: Hospitality as Curriculum; D.Lee Integrated Services in Australia; J.Sumsion , F.Press & S.Wong Disturbing Cultures of Incarceration: Resilience, the Struggle for Normality and the Imprisoned Family; R.Holmes, L.Jones & M.MacLure Creating Community Through Connections in SPACE (Supporting Parents Alongside Children's Education); S.Te One & V.Podmore Active Adult Participation in Early Childhood Centres: Community Well-being; J.Duncan Collaborative Play as New Methodology: Co-constructing Knowledge of Early Child Development in The CHILD Project; H.Goelman & J.Pivik Conclusion and Final Comments; J.Duncan

This book challenges an image of early childhood services that has come to dominate much of the international literature. That challenge is both welcome and necessary. - Alan Pence, UNESCO Chair for Early Childhood Education, Care, and Development; Professor, School of Child and Youth Care, University of Victoria; Director, Early Childhood Development Virtual University (ECDVU)

Te One and Duncan's pedigree in kindergarten teaching, political advocacy, community development, research, and early childhood teacher education provides an impeccable background for inspiring a similar group of activist writers to question, challenge, critique, and trouble our beliefs, our policies, and our practices that currently form tl“O