Title: Beyond quality in early childhood education and care : postmodern perspectives /
Authors: Dahlberg, Gunilla, 1945-; Moss, Peter, 1945-; Pence, Alan R., 1948-
Publisher: Falmer Press,
Year: 1999
Subjects: Early childhood education Philosophy.; Child care services.; Postmodernism and education.; Critical pedagogy.
Abstract: Quality in early childhood services (day care or nursery education) is a contentious issue. The authors argue that the future lies in a range of disciplines and discourses, within a broad policy context that pays attention to all parties.
Contents: Ch. 1. What this Book is About -- Ch. 2. Theoretical Perspectives: Modernity and Postmodernity, Power and Ethics -- Ch. 3. Constructing Early Childhood: What Do We Think It Is? -- Ch. 4. Constructing the Early Childhood Institution: What Do We Think They Are For? -- Ch. 5. Beyond the Discourse of Quality to the Discourse of Meaning Making -- Ch. 6. The Stockholm Project: Constructing a Pedagogy that Speaks in the Voice of the Child, the Pedagogue and the Parent -- Ch. 7. Pedagogical Documentation: A Practice for Reflection and Democracy -- Ch. 8. Minority Directions in the Majority World: Threats and Possibilities.