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JournalISSN: 0012-8171

Early Childhood Education 

Zhejiang Education Publishing Group
About: Early Childhood Education is an academic journal published by Zhejiang Education Publishing Group. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Early childhood & Early childhood education. It has an ISSN identifier of 0012-8171. Over the lifetime, 1283 publications have been published receiving 4763 citations.


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TL;DR: In this paper, Morss is an exception and raises some fundamental issues for consideration, which include refining the notion of the socially constructed child, a term that is used widely in much that written about the sociology of childhood.
Abstract: The sociology of childhood has been used increasingly as a theoretical perspective in early childhood education since the late 1980s. In Australia, those who draw on the sociology of childhood have tended to use it in similar ways to European counterparts, being guided by six major tenets identified by Prout and James (1997) that form the basis of the sociology of childhood. These include the notion that childhood is a social construction, that childhood is a variable of social analysis and is closely connected to other variables such as class and gender, and that children's relationships and cultures are worthy of study in their own right (p. 8). Further, children are considered as active (rather than passive) agents in their daily lives and to be competent and knowledgeable about their own lives (p. 8). Although the sociology of childhood is comparatively young, there has been little analysis of the key tenets of the position. Morss is an exception and raises some fundamental issues for consideration, which include refining the notion of the 'socially constructed child', a term that is used widely in much that written about the sociology of childhood.

704 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, play and its role in the preschooler's development are discussed. But play is not the leading form of activity for a child of this age, or is it simply the predominant form.
Abstract: In speaking of play and its role in the preschooler's development, we are concerned with two fundamental questions: first, how play itself arises in development — its origin and genesis; second, the role of this developmental activity, which we call play, as a form of development in the child of preschool age. Is play the leading form of activity for a child of this age, or is it simply the predominant form?

78 citations

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TL;DR: This article applied theoretical perspectives and research findings from literature relating to immigrant families' parental practices and expectations to problematise some of the dominant discourses that prevail in New Zealand early childhood education.
Abstract: As early childhood settings in many English speaking countries are becoming increasingly multi-ethnic due to global migration, this poses challenges for many early childhood teachers who work with diverse immigrant children and families. In an effort to include all families, curriculum developers and teachers often suggest and incorporate teaching strategies that are commonly considered as culturally inclusive. While these strategies may be well intended, they may be promoting and reinforcing essentialist views of immigrants and their ethnicities, and also perpetuating social inequity. This article applies theoretical perspectives and research findings from literature relating to immigrant families' parental practices and expectations to problematise some of the dominant discourses that prevail in New Zealand early childhood education. It discusses the possible application of some theoretical concepts from the domains of critical multiculturalism to assist early childhood teachers to develop better understandings of the needs of immigrant children and families, and to generate critical pedagogies that are culturally sensitive and equitable.International Research in Early Childhood Education, vol. 2, no. 1, p. 63-75

47 citations

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No. of papers from the Journal in previous years
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20221
202115
202033
201937
201867
201754