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Young Children's Community Building in Action: Embodied, Emplaced and Relational Citizenship
Contributor(s): Ritchie, Jenny (Author), Dynevor, Lavina (Author), Lambert, Jared (Author)
ISBN: 1138369659     ISBN-13: 9781138369658
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $171.00  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: July 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- Education | Elementary
Dewey: 372.830
LCCN: 2019007273
Series: Contesting Early Childhood
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.00 lbs) 186 pages
 
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Rethinking the concepts of citizenship and community in relation to young children, this groundbreaking text examines the ways in which indigenous understandings and practices applied in early childhood settings in Australia and New Zealand encourage young children to demonstrate their care and concern for others and so, in turn, perceive themselves as part of a larger community.

Young Children's Community Building in Action acknowledges global variations in the meanings of early childhood education, of citizenship and community building, and challenges widespread invisibility and disregard of Indigenous communities. Through close observation and examination of early years settings in Australia and New Zealand, chapters demonstrate how practices guided by Aboriginal and Māori values support and nurture children's personal and social development as individuals, and as citizens in a wider community. Exploring what young children's citizenship learning and action looks like in practice, and how this may vary within and across communities, the book provides a powerful account of effective pedagogical approaches which have been long excluded from mainstream dialogues.

Written for researchers and students of early childhood education and care, this book provides insight into what citizenship can be for young children, and how Indigenous cultural values shape ways of knowing, being, doing and relating.