Early Childhood Education In Comparative Perspective

Author : Qiuping Cao
Publisher : Buffalo, N.Y. : Graduate School of Education, Comparative Education Center, State University of New York at Buffalo
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Early Childhood Education in Comparative Perspective written by Qiuping Cao and published by Buffalo, N.Y. : Graduate School of Education, Comparative Education Center, State University of New York at Buffalo. This book was released on 1990 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : J. Duncan
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137016787
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Comparative Early Childhood Education Services written by J. Duncan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-04-14 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Anna Amelina
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415899621
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond Methodological Nationalism written by Anna Amelina and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume strives to establish a new agenda for methodologies in the social sciences, summarizing the most important research strategies developed in the social sciences since the early globalization and transnationalization studies of the 1980s and 1990s - namely, the cosmopolitican approach, the transnational lens, the scalar approach, and global and multi-sited ethnography. The contributions go beyond the early criticisms of methodological nationalism, providing insights into new strategies and illustrating how scholars apply these research strategies in different fields such as migration research and social anthropology. Analyzing the advantages and lacunae of new research strategies helps both to outline general methodological directions and to provide helpful guides for empirical analysis.

Author : Harry Willekens
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9781137441973
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Development of Early Childhood Education in Europe and North America written by Harry Willekens and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-08-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The public provision of early childhood education has developed at different rates across individual countries over the past two centuries. This book provides the historical background to explain how these national differences occurred, with particular reference to welfare and educational systems, to highlight how particular influences grew.

Author : Harry Willekens
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137441984
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Development of Early Childhood Education in Europe and North America written by Harry Willekens and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The public provision of early childhood education has developed at different rates across individual countries over the past two centuries. This book provides the historical background to explain how these national differences occurred, with particular reference to welfare and educational systems, to highlight how particular influences grew.

Author : Josephine Ng
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030534758
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Comparative Perspectives on Early Childhood Education Reforms in Australia and China written by Josephine Ng and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-10-05 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has been designed to add to the study and experience of early childhood ideas and experience in an international context. The focus is Australia and China with three research projects explored to provide insights into the history and development of early childhood education in each country. The work offers a consideration of the complexity of early childhood education in local and global contexts, at a time when global relationships can benefit from moving beyond better cultural understandings to greater connections and reciprocity. Each study has accompanying empirical data to support the interpretations offered. The first part of the book presents historical context and examines policy issues, the growth of the early childhood education workforce and the development of curriculum approaches in each country. The two projects that follow describe teachers’ perspectives of children’s learning and an in-depth study of a collaborative higher education program that details stakeholder experiences. By studying participant attitudes and ideas in each country we have been able to share early childhood knowledge and discuss perspectives through early childhood languages, like perspectives on the role, importance and nature of play and learning.

Author : Bruce Bradbury
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN 13 : 1610448480
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Too Many Children Left Behind written by Bruce Bradbury and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The belief that with hard work and determination, all children have the opportunity to succeed in life is a cherished part of the American Dream. Yet, increased inequality in America has made that dream more difficult for many to obtain. In Too Many Children Left Behind, an international team of social scientists assesses how social mobility varies in the United States compared with Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Bruce Bradbury, Miles Corak, Jane Waldfogel, and Elizabeth Washbrook show that the academic achievement gap between disadvantaged American children and their more advantaged peers is far greater than in other wealthy countries, with serious consequences for their future life outcomes. With education the key to expanding opportunities for those born into low socioeconomic status families, Too Many Children Left Behind helps us better understand educational disparities and how to reduce them. Analyzing data on 8,000 school children in the United States, the authors demonstrate that disadvantages that begin early in life have long lasting effects on academic performance. The social inequalities that children experience before they start school contribute to a large gap in test scores between low- and high-SES students later in life. Many children from low-SES backgrounds lack critical resources, including books, high-quality child care, and other goods and services that foster the stimulating environment necessary for cognitive development. The authors find that not only is a child’s academic success deeply tied to his or her family background, but that this class-based achievement gap does not narrow as the child proceeds through school. The authors compare test score gaps from the United States with those from three other countries and find smaller achievement gaps and greater social mobility in all three, particularly in Canada. The wider availability of public resources for disadvantaged children in those countries facilitates the early child development that is fundamental for academic success. All three countries provide stronger social services than the United States, including universal health insurance, universal preschool, paid parental leave, and other supports. The authors conclude that the United States could narrow its achievement gap by adopting public policies that expand support for children in the form of tax credits, parenting programs, and pre-K. With economic inequalities limiting the futures of millions of children, Too Many Children Left Behind is a timely study that uses global evidence to show how the United States can do more to level the playing field.

Author : J. Duncan
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137016787
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Comparative Early Childhood Education Services written by J. Duncan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-04-14 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Mabel Ann Brown
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113649944X
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Exploring childhood in a comparative context written by Mabel Ann Brown and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring Childhood in a Comparative Context meets an increasing need for students focusing on early childhood to be familiar with alternative practices in other countries. Providing a ready-made source of information about a wide range of countries including Finland, the Netherlands, the United States, New Zealand, Japan, South Africa and many more, the book clearly describes the way each country understands and conceptualises childhood. Each chapter includes contextual information about the country, an introduction to the theory that has shaped practice and describes the curriculum for pre-school and primary education. Including vignettes from practitioners working in each country to illustrate practice, the chapters explore key themes such as: Child development Parental involvement Teaching and learning Professionalism Assessment Pupil experience. Accessibly written and including opportunities for reflection, this timely new book will give students a valuable insight into alternative education systems that is essential if they are to become practitioners with a current and global approach.

Author : Sivanes Phillipson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351397893
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Teachers' and Families' Perspectives in Early Childhood Education and Care written by Sivanes Phillipson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-01-30 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second volume in this Early Childhood Education in the 21st Century: International Teaching, Family and Policy Perspectives miniseries focuses on teacher and family perspectives of early childhood education and care from 19 different countries around the world. The aim of this volume is to articulate the key components of teacher education and family practices that impact young children’s education and care. Each country featured in this volume presents its own unique perspective in relation to the cultural and societal constraints around teacher training and/or family practices and the thinking around those practices that are important for early childhood development. Offering a unique insight into how teachers and families work together in different countries, the book is essential reading for early childhood educators, researchers, early childhood organisations, policy makers and those interested to know more about early childhood within an international perspective.