Description
Product ID: | 9780415687720 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Contesting Early Childhood |
Title: | Reconfiguring the Natures of Childhood |
Authors: | Author: Affrica Taylor |
Page Count: | 176 |
Subjects: | Philosophy and theory of education, Philosophy & theory of education, Educational strategies and policy, Pre-school and kindergarten, Human geography, Educational strategies & policy, Pre-school & kindergarten, Human geography |
Description: | Select Guide Rating In this fascinating new book, Affrica Taylor encourages an exciting paradigmatic shift in the ways in which childhood and nature are conceived and pedagogically deployed, and invites readers to critically reassess the naturalist childhood discourses that are rife within popular culture and early years education. In this fascinating new book, Affrica Taylor encourages an exciting paradigmatic shift in the ways in which childhood and nature are conceived and pedagogically deployed, and invites readers to critically reassess the naturalist childhood discourses that are rife within popular culture and early years education. Through adopting a common worlds framework, Reconfiguring the Natures of Childhood generates a number of complex and inclusive ways of seeing and representing the early years. It recasts childhood as:
Throughout the book, the author follows an intelligent and innovative line of thought which challenges many pre-existing ideas about childhood. Drawing upon cross-disciplinary perspectives, and with international relevance, this book makes an important contribution to the field of childhood studies and early childhood education, and will be a valuable resource for scholars, postgraduate students and higher education teachers. |
Imprint Name: | Routledge |
Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2013-02-14 |