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Working with postmodern ideas, Beyond Quality in Early Childhood Education and Care questions the search to define and measure quality in the early childhood field, and its tendency to reduce philosophical issues of value to purely technical and managerial issues of expert knowledge and measurement. The authors argue that there are other ways than the 'discourse of quality' for understanding and evaluating early childhood pedagogical work, and relate these to alternative ways of understanding early childhood itself and the purposes of early childhood institutions Taking a broad approach, the book relates issues of early childhood to the sociology of childhood, philosophy, ethics, political science and other fields, and to an analysis of the world we live in today. It places these issues in a global context and draws on work from Canada, Sweden and Italy, including the world famous nurseries in Reggio Emilia.
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Quality in early childhood services (day care or nursery education) can be a contentious issue, with as many perspectives as there are interested parties. Children, parents, staff, politicians and community representatives all contribute their views to the topic. In a previous volume, "Valuing Quality in Early Childhood Services", the authors concluded that there was a need to develop creative and inclusionary processes for the definition and attainment of quality. The book seeks to respond to this need. Conveying the debate, confrontation, exchange of experience and empowerment that are central to quality developments, the authors argue that the future lies in a range of disciplines and discourses, and within a broad policy context that pays attention to children, families, employment and community development.
Working with postmodern ideas, Beyond Quality in Early Childhood Education and Care questions the search to define and measure quality in the early childhood field, and its tendency to reduce philosophical issues of value to purely technical and managerial issues of expert knowledge and measurement. The authors argue that there are other ways than the 'discourse of quality' for understanding and evaluating early childhood pedagogical work, and relate these to alternative ways of understanding early childhood itself and the purposes of early childhood institutions Taking a broad approach, the book relates issues of early childhood to the sociology of childhood, philosophy, ethics, political science and other fields, and to an analysis of the world we live in today. It places these issues in a global context and draws on work from Canada, Sweden and Italy, including the world famous nurseries in Reggio Emilia.
Synopsis
Quality in early childhood services (day care or nursery education) can be a contentious issue, with as many perspectives as there are interested parties. Children, parents, staff, politicians and community representatives all contribute their views to the topic. In a previous volume, "Valuing Quality in Early Childhood Services", the authors concluded that there was a need to develop creative and inclusionary processes for the definition and attainment of quality. The book seeks to respond to this need. Conveying the debate, confrontation, exchange of experience and empowerment that are central to quality developments, the authors argue that the future lies in a range of disciplines and discourses, and within a broad policy context that pays attention to children, families, employment and community development.
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