Comparative Early Childhood Education Services: International Perspectives

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J. Duncan, S. One
Springer, Apr 14, 2012 - Education - 240 pages
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.
 

Contents

The Heart and Hearth of Communities International Perspectives
1
Reconceptualizing Parent Support
13
Policies Philosophies Practices
32
4 Building Strengths in Families and Communities
57
Begins in the Early Years
78
Voices from a Qualitative Statewide Study in the Southwest United States
101
Hospitality as Curriculum
125
8 Creating Community through Connections in SPACE
146
The Struggle for Normality and the Imprisoned Family
171
Coconstructing Knowledge of Early Child Development in the CHILD Project in British Columbia Canada ...
187
Reconceptualizing Early Education Crossing Borders to Build Community
213
Index
225
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Judith Duncan is an Associate Professor of Education at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.

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