Overview
- Critically examines transformations in educational systems, concepts, and local practices as well as in scientific discourses
- Contains contributions about cultures in programs, systems, and (inter-)national discourses of ECEC
- Assembles research on CECEC represented in the attitudes, actions, and qualifications of professionals
Part of the book series: Critical Cultural Studies of Childhood (CCSC)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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About this book
This edited volume provides a critical discussion of globalization and transformation, considering the cultural contexts of early childhood education systems as discourses as well as concrete phenomena and ‘lived experience.’ The book focuses on theoretical explorations and critical discourses at the level of education policy (macro), the level of institutions (meso), and the level of social interactions (micro). The chapters offer a wide range of interpretative, contextualized perspectives on early childhood education as a cultural construct.
Reviews
“This impressive collection presents a fascinating exchange of intercultural ideas, practices and strategies. Global ECEC is carefully and ethically explored through various cultures, and through the lenses of local and global, micro and macro. The possibility of transformation is at its heart, and diversity at the forefront of the inquiry. The authors present cautious optimism about the fluidity of cultures in a global world, while striving to uncover and challenge the inequality of global childhoods.” (Marek Tesar, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Auckland, New Zealand)
“This book is powerfully generative and opens readers to complexity and richness found globally in childhood. As authors pen their thinking toward the socio-geo-political realm of childhood, they remind readers to enact ‘glocally.’ One take away is how we can do better for the children.” (Will Parnell, Professor in Early Childhood Education, Portland State University, USA, and President-elect of the National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Education)
“In a world that is being intensely transformed by the strong waves of globalization this kind of cross-cultural comparative work is critical as it allows for more inclusive and balanced perspectives on the lives of young children. This excellent collection of chapters will be of vital interest to all concerned with early childhood education and development across cultural contexts.” (Amita Gupta, Professor of Early Childhood Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, City University of New York (CUNY), USA)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Stefan Faas is Professor in Social Pedagogy at the University of Education Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany. His research is focused on early childhood education, family and parent education, and transformation research as well as internationalization of education and social support.
Dagmar Kasüschke is Professor of Early Childhood Education at the University of Education in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany. Her research areas are cultural and gender studies, history, pedagogy, and teaching in early childhood education.
Elena Nitecki is Associate Professor in the Department of Early Childhood and Childhood Education at Mercy College, USA. Her scholarly research interests include various topics in early childhood education, teacher preparation, and the impact of the Global Education Reform Movement.
Mathias Urban is Desmond Chair of Early Childhood Education and Director of the International Centre for Early Childhood Research at Dublin CityUniversity, Ireland. He works on questions of diversity and equality, social justice, evaluation, and professionalism in working with young children, families and communities in diverse socio-cultural contexts.
Helge Wasmuth is Associate Professor in the Department of Early Childhood and Childhood Education at Mercy College, USA. His scholarly research interests include the history of, and postmodern perspectives on, early childhood education, as well as the impact of the Global Education Reform Movement on early childhood education.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Globalization, Transformation, and Cultures in Early Childhood Education and Care
Book Subtitle: Reconceptualization and Comparison
Editors: Stefan Faas, Dagmar Kasüschke, Elena Nitecki, Mathias Urban, Helge Wasmuth
Series Title: Critical Cultural Studies of Childhood
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27119-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-27118-3Published: 01 October 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-27121-3Published: 01 October 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-27119-0Published: 16 September 2019
Series ISSN: 2731-636X
Series E-ISSN: 2731-6378
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVII, 256
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Early Childhood Education, Educational Policy and Politics, International and Comparative Education