Challenging the Intersection of Policy with Pedagogy

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Synopsis

Asking key questions about how policies and systems impact on children’s early years and rethinking the ways in which young children’s learning and development becomes integral to policy, this insightful text challenges the common misconception that policy development and pedagogical implementation are separate endeavours.
Challenging the Intersection of Policy with Pedagogy explores symbiotic dynamics between policy and practice in the early years to consider the implications of policies relating to documentation, professional well-being, mentoring, the role of the family, language development and diversity. Written to provoke group discussion and extend thinking, opportunities for international comparison, points for reflection and editorial provocations will help students, educators, integrated service providers and policy makers engage critically with a variety of understandings of how policy and practice interact. Considering the role of learning environment, the practitioner, the wider community and policy, chapters are divided into four key sections which reflect major influences on practice and pedagogy:


Being alongside children


Those who educate


Embedding families and communities


Working with systems
Considering diverse settings and contexts, perspectives, policies and systems, this text will enhance understanding, support self-directed learning and provoke and transform thinking at both graduate and postgraduate levels, particularly in the field of early childhood education and care.

Book details

Series:
Thinking About Pedagogy in Early Childhood Education
Author:
Leanne Gibbs, Michael Gasper
ISBN:
9780429844492
Related ISBNs:
9780429454035, 9781138319257, 9781138319257, 9781138319264, 9781138319264
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2019-06-08
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2019
Copyright by:
selection and editorial matter, Leanne Gibbs and Michael Gasper 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Education, Nonfiction