Global Perspectives on Human Capital in Early Childhood Education [electronic resource] : Reconceptualizing Theory, Policy, and Practice /
Lightfoot-Rueda, Theodora.editor.
Peach, Ruth Lynn.editor.
Human capital theory, developing children as future workers, shapes thinking about early childhood education policy around the globe. International contributors problematize this thinking and offer alternatives.
Includes index.
Human capital theory, developing children as future workers, shapes thinking about early childhood education policy around the globe. International contributors problematize this thinking and offer alternatives.
Machine generated contents note: -- PART I: THEORY AND HISTORY OF HUMAN CAPITAL -- 1. Introduction and Historical Perspective; Theodora Lightfoot-Rueda and Ruth Lynn Peach -- 2. Theorizing Dialogue Among Various Voices in Critical Theory; Joseph Zanoni -- PART II: DECONSTRUCTION AND CRITIQUE OF HUMAN CAPITAL AND EDUCATION -- 3. Governing the Brain: New Narratives of Human Capital in Australian Early Childhood Education; Zsuzsa Millei -- 4. The Instrumentality of Spanish in Early Spanish Education: Unraveling the Linguistic Masquerade; Alejandro Azocar -- 5. "Abilities-Machines": Human Capital Theory and Early Education by Sabiha Bilgi -- 6. Human Capital Theory and Shifting Perceptions of Teachers in the US; Theodora Lightfoot-Rueda -- 7. Reforming Early Childhood Education as a Smart Investment for the Future: Stories from East Asia; I-Fang Lee, Chao-Ling Tseng, and Hong-Ju Jun -- 8. England's Foundation Stage Child in a Shifting World: Troubling the Grids of Reasoning of 'Children with Potential,' 'Normalization' and 'Value-Added' Curriculum; Ruth Lynn Peach -- 9. Deconstructing Human Capital Discourse in Early Childhood Education in Indonesia; Vina Adriany and Kurniawan Saefullah -- PART III: RECONCEPTUALIZING EDUCATION OUTSIDE OF HUMAN CAPITAL LANGUAGE -- 10. And You Gotta Believe Me: When Social Capital and Human Capital Collide; Janice Kroeger -- 11. Questioning the Discourses of Human Capital in Early Childhood Education: Reconceptualizing Theory, Policy and Practice; Emma Buchanan -- 12. Expanding the Value of Early Education: The Capabilities Approach as an Alternative to Human Capital Theory; Cary Buzzelli -- 13. Concluding and Moving Forward; Theodora Lightfoot-Rueda and Ruth Lynn Peach.
Early childhood education.
Childhood, Adolescence and Society.
Sociology of Education.
Sociology of Education.
International and Comparative Education.
Early Childhood Education.
Educational Policy and Politics.