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Title The politics of early childhood education / [edited by] Lourdes Diaz Soto
Published New York : P. Lang, [2000]
New York : Peter Lang, 2005
©2000

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Description xvii, 226 pages ; 23 cm
Series Rethinking childhood ; vol. 10
Rethinking childhood ; vol. 10
Contents Foreword / Peter McLaren -- Introduction / Lourdes Diaz Soto -- Pt. 1. Child Development Paradigms in a Postmodern Society. 1. Constructing the Parent, Teacher, and Child: Discourses of Development / Marianne N. Bloch and Thomas S. Popkewitz. 2. Creating a Head Start Community of Practice / Sally Lubeck and Jackie Post. 3. Critical Pedagogy and the Politics of Play / Shirley A. Kessler and Mary Hauser -- Pt. 2. Young Children's Daily Realities. 4. Certifying the Damage: Mainstream Educational Psychology and the Oppression of Children / Joe L. Kincheloe. 5. Take the Money and Run?: Toys, Consumerism and Capitalism in Early Childhood Conferences / Glenda MacNaughton and Patrick Hughes. 6. Are Disney Movies Good for Your Kids? / Henry A. Giroux -- Pt. 3. Critical Multiculturalism in the Early Childhood Education Curriculum. 7. "At Risk" or "At Promise"? From Deficit Constructions of the "Other Childhood" to Possibilities for Authentic Alliances with Children and Families / Beth Blue Swadener. 8. Native American Perspectives: Connected to One Another and to the Greater Universe / Nila M. Rinehart. 9. Redefining Childcare and Early Education in a Diverse Society: Dialogue and Reflection / Hedy Nai-Lin Chang, Amy Muckelroy and Dora Pulido-Tobiassen / [et al.] -- Pt. 4. Early Childhood Education in the Ivory Tower. 10. The Stealing of Wonderful Ideas: The Politics of Imposition and Representation in Research on Early Childhood / Janice A. Jipson. 11. Introducing Postmodern Thought in a Thoroughly Modern University / J. Amos Hatch -- Conclusion: An Early Childhood Dreamspace of Social Justice and Equity / Lourdes Diaz Soto
Analysis United States
Notes Contents : Part One: child development paradigms in a postmodern society. 1. Constructing the parent, teacher and child: discourses of development / M N Bloch & T S Popkewitz -- 2. Creating a Head Start community of practice / S Lubeck & J Post -- 3. Critical pedagogy and the politics of play / S A Kessler & M Hauser -- Part Two: Young children's daily realities. 4. Certifying the damage: mainstream educational psychology and the oppression of children / J L Kincheloe -- 5. Take the money and run? Toys, consumerism and capitalism in early childhood conferences ? G MacNaughton & P Hughes -- 6. Are Disney movies good for your kids? / H A Giroux -- Part Three: Critical multiculturalism in the early childhood education curriculum. 7. 'At risk' or 'at promise'? From deficit constructions of the 'other childhood' to possibilities for authentic alliances with children and families / B B Swadener -- 8. Native American perspectives: connected to one another and to the greater universe / N M Rinehart -- 9. Redefining childcare and early education in a diverse society: dialogue and reflection / H N-L Chang, A Muckelroy, D Pulido-Tobiassen and C Dowell -- Part Four: Early childhood education in the ivory tower. 10. The stealing of wonderful ideas: the politics of imposition and representation in research on early childhood / J A Jipson -- 11. Introducing postmodern thought in a thoroughly modern university / J A Hatch
Includes bibliographical references
xvii, 226 p
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes In English
Subject Child development -- United States.
Critical pedagogy -- United States.
Early childhood education -- Political aspects -- United States.
Minorities -- Education (Early childhood) -- United States.
Multicultural education -- United States.
Author Soto, Lourdes Diaz, 1945-
LC no. 98038989
ISSN 1086-7155
ISBN 0820441643 (alk. paper)