scispace - formally typeset
Search or ask a question
Author

Helen Penn

Bio: Helen Penn is an academic researcher from University of East London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Early childhood & Early childhood education. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 52 publications receiving 1382 citations. Previous affiliations of Helen Penn include Institute of Education & University of London.


Papers
More filters
Book
01 Jul 2008
TL;DR: A new approach to studying childhood with a focus on children's rights and research into genes, neurons and ancestors is suggested.
Abstract: Preface Chapter 1. Remembering childhood Chapter 2. Researching reality Chapter 3. Not Piaget again Chapter 4. Genes, neurons and ancestors Chapter 5. On the other side of the world Chapter 6. Past, present and future Chapter 7. Children's rights: a new approach to studying childhood Priscilla Alderson Chapter 8. Hoping for health Val Thurtle Chapter 9. Practice makes no difference References

106 citations

Book
28 Mar 1996
TL;DR: An Early Childhood Service for the Twenty-First Century The parents' perspective Why this Won't Do and a Historical Perspective on Nursery Education.
Abstract: An Early Childhood Service for the Twenty-First Century The Parents' Perspective What Have We Got? Why This Won't Do A Historical Perspective on Nursery Education What Does Nursery Education Offer Children? What About the Workers? Can It Be Done in Britain? It Has Been Done Abroad Footing the Bill From Vision to Reality Transforming Nursery Education: What Would It Look Like?

99 citations

Journal ArticleDOI
TL;DR: This paper explored the World Bank's view of early childhood as an example of the globalization of childhood and argued that the Bank pursues neoliberal economic policies that exacerbate the gap between childhood and adulthood.
Abstract: This article explores the World Bank's view of early childhood as an example of the globalization of childhood. It argues that the Bank pursues neoliberal economic policies that exacerbate the gap ...

96 citations

BookDOI
11 Mar 2005
TL;DR: In this article, the Ethics of Intervention is used to understand early childhood early childhood and the importance of early childhood in the development of children, and the role of intervention in early childhood.
Abstract: 1. Global inequalities 2. Interpreting Poverty 3. Understanding Early Childhood 4. Lending a Helping Hand 5. Kazakhstan 6. Swaziland 7. India 8. Brazil 9. The Ethics of Intervention

92 citations

Book
01 Jan 2000
TL;DR: Early childhood services in a global context: towards a global paradigm for research into early childhood two sides of an eagles feather - University of Victoria partnerships with Canadian first nations communities as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Introduction: theory, policy and practice in early childhood services. Part 1 How do children learn - early childhood services in a global context: towards a global paradigm for research into early childhood two sides of an eagles feather - University of Victoria partnerships with Canadian first nations communities. Part 2 What should children learn - approaches to the curriculum: Te Whariki - curriculum voices the future of infant education. Part 3 Where should children learn - space and segregation: the Frankfurt kindergartens. Part 4 Who should help children learn - a natural or an unnatural profession: the parameters of training is working with young children a good job?. Part 5 Children as participants: discipline and normalization in the nursery - the Foucaultian gaze what is the use of children's play - preparation or social participation? the rights of young children. Part 6 Research and practice: everything is a beginning and everything is dangerous - some reflections on the Reggio Emilia experience research and practice - is there a dialogue?

83 citations


Cited by
More filters
01 Jan 1998

1,502 citations

Book
01 Jan 1999
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a pedagogical documentation as a practice for reflection and democracy in the context of the early childhood institution and the Stockholm project, which aims to construct an early childhood pedagogy that speaks in the voice of the child, the pedagogue and the parent.
Abstract: 1. What this book is about 2. Theoretical perspectives: modernity and postmodernity, power and ethics 3. Constructing early childhood institution: what do we think it is? 4. Constructing the early childhood institution: what do we think they are for? 5. Beyond the discourse of quality to the discourse of meaning making 6. The Stockholm project: constructing a pedagogy that speaks in the voice of the child, the pedagogue and the parent 7. Pedagogical documentation: a practice for reflection and democracy 8. Minority directions in the majority world: threats and possibilities

1,187 citations

Book
01 Sep 2006
TL;DR: There is a growing recognition that early access to ECEC provides young children, particularly from low-income and second-language groups, with a good start in life.
Abstract: The provision of quality early childhood education and care (ECEC) has remained firmly on government agendas in recent years. Public awareness of gaps in provision and of insufficient quality in services has moved the issue of child care and after-school care onto electoral agendas in many countries. There is a growing recognition that early access to ECEC provides young children, particularly from low-income and second-language groups, with a good start in life.

1,030 citations

Journal ArticleDOI
TL;DR: In this paper, a redistribuição governamental através do sistema de benefícios fiscais afecta estas tendências.
Abstract: Será que a desigualdade de rendimentos aumentou durante os últimos tempos? Quem ganhou e quem perdeu neste processo? Este processo afectou todos os países da OCDE uniformemente? Em que medida é que maiores desigualdades de rendimentos são a consequência de maiores diferenças nos rendimentos dos trabalhadores e até que ponto são afectados por outros factores? Finalmente, como é que a redistribuição governamental através do sistema de benefícios fiscais afecta estas tendências?

635 citations