Diversity And Difference In Early Childhood Education: Issues For Theory And Practice: Issues for Theory and PracticeEarly childhood professionals are often required to work with children and families from a range of diverse backgrounds. This book goes beyond simplistic definitions of diversity, encouraging a much broader understanding and helping early childhood educators develop a critical disposition towards assumptions about children and childhood in relation to diversity, difference and social justice. |
Contents
Chapter 2 DOING FEMINIST POSTSTRUCTURALIST THEORY WITH EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS | 24 |
Chapter 6 BILINGUALISM IDENTITY AND ENGLISH AS A GLOBALIZED LANGUAGE | 106 |
Chapter 7 GENDER PERFORMATIVITY IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION | 127 |
Chapter 9 THE CHALLENGE OF DIVERSITY AND DIFFERENCE TO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION | 168 |
Glossary | 180 |
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