Exploring childhood in a comparative context

An introductory guide for students

Mabel Ann Brown, Jon White (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

198 Seiten

2013
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-69652-4 (ISBN)

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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.

Mabel Ann Brown is Senior Lecturer on the Foundation Degree in Children’s and Young People’s Services and the BA Child and Youth Studies at the University of Derby, UK. Jon White is Senior Lecturer in BA Early Childhood/Education Studies and MA Education at the University of Derby, UK.

Introduction (Mabel-Ann Brown & John White)

1.What is Childhood?

2.Education in Flanders (Bart Hempen and Michele Vanleke)

3. Education in the Czech Republic (Jana Kantorova and Pavla Vyhnalkova)

4. Education in England (Jon White)

5. Education in Finland

6. Education in Greece (Dr. Penelope Louka and Dr. Angeliki Papangeli)

7. Education in Japan (Yukari Iguchi)

8. Education in Latvia (Dr. Mara Dirba)

9. Education in the Netherlands (Dr. Jan Dekker)

10. Education in Australia and New Zealand (Dr. Simon Brownhill)

11. Education in Poland (Anita Gulcynska)

12. Education in Rural South Africa (Chris Bryan)

13. Education in America: No Child Left Behind (Michelle Appleby)

Conclusion

These chapters will be edited to bring them into a comparable format:-

Chapter introduction / country and context

Early childhood / context / curriculum / theory / links to OECD PISA

Primary / Junior context / curriculum / theory / links to OECD PISA

Conclusions

Questions for students to think about / suggested further reading

Reference list

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.8.2013
Zusatzinfo	50 Tables, black and white; 5 Line drawings, black and white; 10 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	174 x 246 mm
Gewicht	362 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Grundschule
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Vorschulpädagogik
ISBN-10	0-415-69652-6 / 0415696526
ISBN-13	978-0-415-69652-4 / 9780415696524
Zustand	Neuware