Beyond quality in early childhood education and care : languages of evaluation /

• Dahlberg, Gunilla, 1945-
• Moss, Peter, 1945-
• Pence, Alan R., 1948-

• Early childhood education -- Philosophy.
• Child care services
• Postmodernism and education
• Critical pedagogy

• Routledge,

• 0415418488 (hbk.) :
• 9780415418485 (hbk.)
• 0415418496 (pbk.) :
• 9780415418492 (pbk.)

• £80.00
• £20.99

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• What this book is about -- Theoretical perspectives : modernity and postmodernity, power and ethics -- Constructing early childhood institution : what do we think it is? -- Constructing the early childhood institution : what do we think they are for? -- Beyond the discourse of quality to the discourse of meaning making -- The stockholm project : constructing a pedagogy that speaks in the voice of the child, the pedagogue and the parent -- Pedagogical documentation : a practice for reflection and democracy -- Minority directions in the majority world : threats and possibilities.

• Young children learning
• new early years professional dilemmas and debates
• Play learning and the early childhood curriculum
• Essential early years
• Theories of childhood an introduction to Dewey Montessori Erikson Piaget and Vygotsky
• Learning through play babies toddlers and the foundation years
• Ways of learning learning theories and learning styles in the classroom