Resistance and representation : rethinking childhood education / edited by Janice A. Jipson and Richard T. Johnson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jipson, Janice.

Johnson, Richard T., 1956-

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Series:

Rethinking childhood ; vol. 12.

Rethinking childhood ; vol. 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Early childhood education--Cross-cultural studies.

Early childhood education.

Educational anthropology--United States.

Educational anthropology.

Cross-cultural studies.

United States.

Educational anthropology--Canada.

Educational anthropology--Pacific Area.

Pacific Area.

Canada.

Physical Description:

xiii, 349 pages ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

Resistance & representation

Place of Publication:

New York : P. Lang, [2001]

Contents:

Introduction: Resistance and Representation: Rethinking Childhood Education / Janice A. Jipson 1

Part I Resistance and Representation: The Child

1 Natural Born Curriculum: Popular Culture and the Representation of Childhood / Gaile S. Cannella 15

2 Interrupting Dominant Images: Critical and Ethical Issues / Christine Woodrow, Marie Brennan 23

3 Resisting Institutionalized Ageism / Mark D. Bailey, Nancy Meltzoff 45

Part II Resistance and Representation: The Teacher

4 Good Teacher or Feminist Teacher?: Investigating the Ethics of Early Childhood Curriculum / Glenda Mac Naughton 59

5 The Early Childhood Teacher as Professional: An Archaeology of University Reform / Katharina Heyning 77

6 Resisting the Norms of Elementary Education: One Primary Teacher's Stories / Lisa Goldstein 107

7 Eh, No Act!: The Power of Being on the Margin / Kerri-Ann Hewett 117

Part III Resistance and Representation: The Curriculum

8 Critical Perspectives on Social Studies in Early Childhood Education / Shirley A. Kessler 127

9 Pointed Noses and Yellow Hair: Deconstructing Children's Writing on Race and Ethnicity in Hawai'i / Julie Lokelani Kaomea 151

10 What Does a Child Deserve in a Book? Harlan Quist and the Politics of Childhood Knowledge / Nicholas Paley 181

11 If You Think You're Naked, You Are! / Mary Jane Fox 193

Part IV Resistance and Representation: Society

12 "The Proof of the Home Is the Nursery": An American Proverb Revisted / Larry Prochner 205

13 Beating Mom: How to Win the Power Game / Susan Grieshaber 223

14 Who's Making These Policies Anyway?: How Head Start Staff Interpret Official Policies / Deborah Ceglowski 239

15 Restructuring Governing in Eastern Europe: Constructing New Needs for Families, Children, and Childcare / Marianne N. Bloch 253

16 Resisting Normative Representation in the Pacific Islands: Domestic Enemies Meet over Coffee / Richard T. Johnson, Maria Gaiyabu 279

17 To Speak: Problematizing of the Use of Personal Stories in Early Childhood Research / Chelsea Bailey 291

Epilogue: Reconceptualization as Interruption, Interrogative Punctuation, and Opening / Richard T. Johnson 305.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [311]-344).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

082044250X

OCLC:

40347402