International perspectives on early childhood education and care

Bibliographic Details
Format: Book
Language:English
Edition:1a ed.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Setting the scene
  • The importance of international perspectives /? Verity Campbell-Barr
  • Widening awareness of international approaches: an imperative for twenty-first-century early years practitioners? /? Valerie Huggins
  • International recognition of children's rights and its influence on early childhood education and care: the case of Zambia /? Julia Morgan pt. 2 How approaches have developed
  • Embedding early childhood education and care in the socio-cultural context: the case of Italy /? Federica Caruso
  • The new face of early childhood in the United States /? Nancy McDermott
  • A critique of euro-centric perspectives on early childhood education and care in the Gambia /? Rebecca Carter Dillon
  • Estonia: socio-historic and political influences on the early childhood education and care system /? Kerstin Koop
  • Early childhood education in Norway and Sweden today: education for democracy /? Elin Ødegaard
  • Contents note continued: pt. 3 Workforce issues
  • South Africa: who are the early years practitioners and where do they work? /? Hasina Banu Ebrahim