Description
| Product ID: | 9780820434520 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | Rethinking Childhood |
| Title: | Deconstructing Early Childhood Education |
| Subtitle: | Social Justice and Revolution |
| Authors: | Author: Gaile Sloan Cannella |
| Page Count: | 224 |
| Subjects: | Philosophy and theory of education, Philosophy & theory of education, Primary and middle schools, Primary & middle schools |
| Description: | Researchers in a range of fields have acknowledged that childhood is a construct emerging from modernist perspectives that have not always benefited those who are younger. The purposes of the Rethinking Childhood series are to provide critical locations for scholarship that challenges the universalization of childhood and introduces new, reconceptualized, and critical spaces from which opportunities and possibilities are generated for those who are younger. Diverse histories and cultures are considered of major importance, as well as issues of critical social justice. From a critical perspective, some early childhood educators have proposed that the knowledge base used to ground the field actually serves to support the status quo, reinforces prejudices and stereotypes, and ignores the real lives of children. The purpose of this book is to deconstruct early childhood education, identifying and evaluating the themes and forms of discourse that have dominated the field, leading to the construction of specific theories and forms of practice that privilege particular groups of children and adults and oppress others. An alternative avenue for early childhood education is posited that focuses on social justice and human agency. |
| Imprint Name: | Peter Lang Publishing Inc |
| Publisher Name: | Peter Lang Publishing Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2006-12-31 |
