Disrupting Early Childhood Education Research: Imagining New Possibilities (Changing Images of Early Childhood)

Synopsis

Recent and increasing efforts to standardize young children’s academic performance have shifted the emphases of education toward normative practices and away from qualitative, substantive intentions. Connection to human experience, compassion for societal ailments, and the joys of learning are straining under the pressure of quantitative research, competition, and test scores, exemplified by federal funding competitions and policymaking. Disrupting Early Childhood Education Research critically interrogates the traditional foundations of early childhood research practices to disrupt the status quo through imaginative, cutting-edge research in diverse U.S. and international contexts. Its chapters are driven by empirical data derived from unique research projects and a variety of contemporary methodologies that include phenomenological studies, auto-ethnographic writings, action-oriented studies, arts-based methodologies, and other innovative approaches. By giving voice to marginalized social science researchers who are active in learning, school, and early education sectors, this volume explores the meanings of actionable and everyday approaches based on the experiences of young children, their families, and educators.

Copyright:

2016

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

204 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781317558538

Related ISBNs:

9781315733623, 9781138839106, 9781138839106, 9781138839113, 9781138839113, 9781315733623, 9781138839113, 9781138839106, 9781315733623, 9781138839113, 9781138839106

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

04/22/19

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N/A

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Education

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Bookshare Staff

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Will Parnell

Edited by:

Jeanne Marie Iorio