Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Early Childhood
- Theodora Papatheodorou - Freelance Consultant
- Janet Moyles - Freelance Consultant
By exploring the key issues, arguments and messages that exist in the field, this book provides an international, comparative look at aspects of early childhood education and care. Pedagogical practices, learning cultures and the professional development of practitioners are considered within the wider political agenda of different countries. Pertinent policy and practice issues, such as numeracy and literacy, are carefully examined. The text highlights how important it is to engage with and listen to children, to provide positive learning encounters.
Divided into four parts, the book covers:
- Children's Learning Cultures
- Culture of Pedagogy
- Cultural Perspectives on Curriculum
- Cultures of Professional Development
Chapters cover key topics such as:
- Multi-sensory learning
- Outdoor learning
- Children's voice
- Children as mentors
- Literacy and mathematics
With expert contributors drawn from across the world, this book is vital reading for all those studying comparative education on early years courses.
Covers a wide range of Early Childhood issues from a range of international perspectives. A very useful book for Early Childhood Students at both undergraduate and postgraduate level
gives good insight into the different perspectives around the world - shows how these different perspectives are put into practice, offering opportunities for reflection on own practice.
used with contemporary issues and researching early years' settings modules
What a well structured book. It is easy to read and use for students learning. The Cross- Cultural perspectives given in the book are wide and challanging. I will certainly use this book in education.
This is a fantastic text that has covered a cross range of international perspectives, global issues within the field of early and school education.
Highly recommended
A good book to help put current thinking in perspective
