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Title Globalization, transformation, and cultures in early childhood education and care : reconceptualization and comparison / Stefan Faas, Dagmar Kasüschke, Elena Nitecki, Mathias Urban, Helge Wasmuth, editors
Published Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (xxvii, 256 pages)
Series Critical cultural studies of childhood
Critical cultural studies of childhood.
Contents Intro; Series Editors' Preface; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Contributors; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1 Globalization, Transformation, and Cultures: Theoretical Notes and Perspectives on Reconceptualization and International Comparison in Early Childhood Education and Care; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Globalization or "Glocalization"?; 1.3 Globalization in Educational Contexts; 1.4 Different Perspectives on Globalization and Transformation; 1.5 Cultures of Early Childhood Education and Care; 1.6 Conclusion; References
Chapter 2 The Contribution of Cultural Studies to Early Childhood Education Discourses and Research2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Culture as Forms of Human Representation; 2.3 Culture as Representation of Social Practices Between Systems of Symbolic Order and Subject's Self-Creation; 2.3.1 The Perspective of (Post- )structural and Semiotic Theories; 2.3.2 The Perspective of Interpretive-Social-Phenomenological Theories; 2.4 Culture as Exclusion of Otherness-Post-colonial Critique; 2.5 Culture as a Transformation of Discourse; References
Chapter 3 Dimensions of International Comparison in Early Childhood Education and Care: Theoretical Notes3.1 Basic Considerations; 3.2 Levels of Comparison; 3.3 Other Transnational Perspectives and Dimensions; 3.4 Comparative Research Focusing on Children; References; Chapter 4 (E)Utopia: The Local, the Global and the Imaginary in Early Childhood Education; 4.1 Introduction; 4.1.1 Eu-topia-Local Contexts and Grounded Practices; 4.1.2 U-topia-Decontextualised Practices in a Global Non-space; 4.1.2.1 Assessment; 4.1.2.2 Development; 4.1.2.3 Education; 4.1.3 Dys-topia?
4.1.4 Imagine! New Relationships Between the Global and the Local4.1.4.1 A Systemic Turn?; 4.1.4.2 A Sustainability Turn?; 4.1.4.3 New Conversations Between the Global South and North; References; Chapter 5 GERM and Its Effects on ECEC: Analyzing Unintended Consequences and Hidden Agendas; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 GERM and Its Impact on ECEC; 5.2.1 Human Capital Theory as the Foundation of GERM; 5.2.2 Features of GERM; 5.2.3 Flawed Thinking; 5.3 How Does ECEC Recover from GERM?; 5.4 (Un)Intended Consequences and Hidden Agendas; 5.4.1 Related to Children
5.4.2 Related to Teachers and the Profession5.4.3 Related to Society-And the Global Impact; 5.5 The Role of ECEC in Restoring Childhood (To What It Could and Should Be); References; Chapter 6 A Cultural-Historical Analysis of "Childhood" and "Early Childhood Education" in Contemporary Iran; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Methodological Considerations in Childhood Studies in Iran; 6.3 Biological Understanding of Childhood (1800-1925); 6.3.1 Early Childhood Education; 6.3.2 The Pedagogy of Maktab; 6.4 Toward an Independent and Social Concept of Childhood (1925-2000)
Summary This edited volume provides a critical discussion of globalization and transformation, considering the cultural contexts of early childhood education systems as discourses as well as concrete phenomena and 'lived experience.' The book focuses on theoretical explorations and critical discourses at the level of education policy (macro), the level of institutions (meso), and the level of social interactions (micro). The chapters offer a wide range of interpretative, contextualized perspectives on early childhood education as a cultural construct
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Early childhood education.
Educational sociology.
Education and globalization.
Education, Primary.
early childhood education.
Educational strategies & policy.
Education.
Pre-school & kindergarten.
Education -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General.
Education -- Comparative.
Education -- Preschool & Kindergarten.
Education, Primary
Educational sociology
Education and globalization
Early childhood education
Form Electronic book
Author Faas, Stefan, editor.
Kasüschke, Dagmar, editor.
Nitecki, Elena, editor.
Urban, Mathias, editor.
Wasmuth, Helge, 1976- editor.
ISBN 9783030271190
3030271196