The third way: the renewal of social democracy

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

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Beyond quality in early childhood education and care : postmodern perspectives

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.

Starting Strong II. Early Childhood Education and Care

Southern Theory: The Global Dynamics of Knowledge in Social Science

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?

Book Review: OECD, Growing Unequal? Income Distribution and Poverty in OECD Countries:

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

Understanding Early Childhood: Issues and Controversies

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?

Transforming Nursery Education

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 ...

The World Bank's View of Early Childhood

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

Unequal childhoods : young children's lives in poor countries

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?

Helen Penn

Papers

Understanding Early Childhood: Issues and Controversies

Transforming Nursery Education

The World Bank's View of Early Childhood

Unequal childhoods : young children's lives in poor countries

Early childhood services : theory, policy and practice