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Ethics and Politics in Early Childhood Education
Contributor(s): Dahlberg, Gunilla (Author), Moss, Peter (Author)
ISBN: 0415280427     ISBN-13: 9780415280426
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $63.60  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 2005
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By drawing upon the 'Reggio approach', other post-structural theories and new thinking about democratic politics and power, this book sets out to explore the ethical and political dimensions of early childhood services. With governments worldwide looking for 'returns' through their 'investment' in services for children, the authors argue that the importance of these services are reduced to technical and managerial matters, without informed consideration for what is best for the child.
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BISAC Categories:
- Education | Educational Policy & Reform
- Education | Early Childhood (incl. Preschool & Kindergarten)
- Political Science | Public Policy - General
Dewey: 372.21
Series: Contesting Early Childhood
Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5.56" W x 8.54" (0.62 lbs) 224 pages
 
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The early childhood services of Reggio Emilia in Northern Italy has gained worldwide interest and admiration. Drawing on the 'Reggio approach', and others, this book explores the ethical and political dimensions of early childhood services and argues the importance of these dimensions at a time when they are often reduced to technical and managerial projects, without informed consideration for what is best for the child.

Extending and developing the ideas raised in Beyond Quality in Early Childhood Care and Education the successful team of authors make a wide range of complex material accessible to readers who may have little knowledge of the various important and relevant areas within philosophy, ethics, or politics, covering subjects such as:

  • post-structural thinkers and their perspectives
  • the history and practice of early childhood work in Reggio Emilia
  • globalization, technological change, poverty, and environmental degradation
  • ethical and political perspectives relevant to early childhood services from Foucault and Deleuze, to Beck, Bauman and Rose.

This book presents essential ideas, theories and debates to an international audience. Those who would find this particularly useful are practitioners, trainers, students, researchers, policymakers and anyone with an interest in early childhood education.