| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 239 pages) |
| Series |
Critical cultural studies of childhood |
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Critical cultural studies of childhood.
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| Contents |
Preface / E. Swadener, G. Cannella & M. Bloch -- Foreword / T.S. Popkewitz -- PART I: THE CHILD IN THE WORLD/THE WORLD IN THE CHILD -- Education and the Configuration of a Universal, Modern, and Globalized Childhood: An Introduction / M. Bloch, D. Kennedy, T. Lightfoot & D. Weyenberg -- PART II: GOVERNING THE UNIVERSA, MODERN CHILD AND FAMILY -- Educational Theories and Pedagogies as Technologies of Power/Knowledge: Educating the Young Child as a Citizen of an Imagined Nation and World / M. Bloch -- Configuring the Jewish Child: Intersections of Pedagogy and Cultural Identity / D. Kennedy -- The Construction of the Asian American Children as "Model" Students / S.M. Adler -- PART III: GOVERNING THE MODERN AND NORMAL CHILD THROUGH PEDAGOGICAL DISCOURSES -- Constructing the Young Child as a "Productive Citizen" through Language Acquisition Theory / T. Lightfoot -- The Quest for Health in Different Timespaces / D. Weyenberg -- Visual Images and the Construction of Childhood Cultural Stories / N. Pauly -- The System of Reasoning the Child in Contemporary Japan / J. Qi -- The Specter of Irregularity Haunts the Child: A Historical Study of the "Problem-Child" in Brazilian Educational Discourses / A.L.G. Lima -- PART IV: GOVERNING THE MODERN AND POST-MODERN CITIZEN AND NATION THROUGH UNIVERSAL REFORMS IN EDUCATION -- No Child Left Behind? The Specters of Almsgiving and Atonement: A Short Genealogy of the Saving Grace of US Education / K.S. Pena -- Illusions of Social Democracy: Early Childhood Educational Voucher Policies in Taiwan / I.F. Lee -- The Foundation Stage Child in a Shifting Sea: A History of the Present of the United Kingdom's Education Act 2002 / R.L. Peach |
| Summary |
Looks at the spread of universalizing discourses concerning young children across the globe, examining the way these discourses, which purport to describe those in a scientific and neutral way, actually create mechanisms through which children are divided and excluded |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Comparative education.
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Education, Elementary -- Standards -- Cross-cultural studies
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Curriculum change -- Cross-cultural studies
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Education and state -- Cross-cultural studies
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Education and globalization -- Cross-cultural studies
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EDUCATION -- Elementary.
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Comparative education
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Curriculum change
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Education and globalization
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Education and state
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Education, Elementary -- Standards
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| Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bloch, Marianne N.
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| ISBN |
9780230601666 |
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0230601669 |
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128136116X |
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9781281361165 |
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9781349535675 |
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1349535672 |
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