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

List of Figures and Table
The Heart and Hearth of Communities International
Reconceptualizing Parent Support
Policies Philosophies Practices
Building Strengths in Families and Communities
Begins in the Early Years
Voices from a Qualitative Statewide Study in
Hospitality as Curriculum
Creating Community through Connections in SPACE
The Struggle for Normality and the Imprisoned Family
Coconstructing Knowledge of Early Child
Reconceptualizing Early Education Crossing Borders to Build Community
Index
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Judith Duncan is an Associate Professor of Education at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.

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