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"This book is a valuable contribution to the creation of a more critical and theoretically diverse approach to early childhood policy and practice. Through many vivid examples and a varied cast-list of authors, both academics and practitioners, it shows the potential of this approach for pedagogical work in early childhood institutions and the education of the early childhood workforce." Professor Peter Moss, Institute of Education, University of London, UK. “In the era of No Child Left Behind in the U.S., you might think that the landscape of educational research and practice has been transformed into a row of ‘scientific’ models and unvarying curricular scripts. Nicola Yelland's volume will persuade you that, in contrast, the landscape in early childhood education is varied and full of unconventional angles. The authors examine virtually every significant aspect of curricular practice and postmodernist theory, while challenging readers to be skeptics themselves – to engage with risky ideas on the way to transformative actions.” Celia Genishi, Professor of Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, USA. This book challenges long-established beliefs about early childhood edu

Author

Nicola Yelland

Publisher

Open University Press. The McGraw-Hill companies, Order Services, P.O. Box 182605, Columbus, OH 43218-2605. Tel: 800-262-4729; Fax: 614-759-3644; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://www.mcgraw-hill.co.uk/openupusa/

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9780335215973

Subjects

Education