Curriculum in Early Childhood Education: Re-examined, Rediscovered, Renewed

Curriculum in Early Childhood Education: Re-examined, Rediscovered, Renewed
ISBN-10
113664010X
ISBN-13
9781136640100
Series
Curriculum in Early Childhood Education
Category
Education
Pages
216
Language
English
Published
2012-01-30
Publisher
Routledge
Authors
Nancy File, Jennifer J. Mueller

Description

Curriculum in Early Childhood Education: Reexamined, Rediscovered, Renewed provides a critical examination of the sources, aims, and features of early childhood curricula. Providing a theoretical and philosophical foundation for examining teaching and learning, this book will provoke discussion and analysis among all readers. How has theory been used to understand, develop, and critique curriculum? Whose perspectives are dominant and whose are ignored? How is diversity addressed? What values are explicit and implicit? The book first contextualizes the historical and research base of early childhood curriculum, and then turns to discussions of various schools of theory and philosophy that have served to support curriculum development in early childhood education. An examination of current curriculum frameworks is offered, both from the US and abroad, including discussion of the Project Approach, Creative Curriculum, Te Whāriki, and Reggio Emilia. Finally, the book closes with chapters that enlarge the topic to curriculum-being-enacted through play and that summarize key issues while pointing out future directions for the field. Offering a broad foundation for examining curriculum in early childhood, readers will emerge with a stronger understanding of how theories and philosophies intersect with curriculum development.

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