Early childhood and compulsory education : reconceptualising the relationship / edited by Peter Moss with Lucia Balduzzi ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Moss, Peter, 1945-

Balduzzi, Lucia.

Series:

Contesting early childhood

Contesting early childhood series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Early childhood education.

Education, Compulsory.

Physical Description:

viii, 226 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2013.

Summary:

"What should be the relationship between early childhood and compulsory education? What can they learn from one another and by working together? The rapid expansion of early childhood education and care means that most children in affluent countries now have several years at pre-school before compulsory education. This raises an important question about the relationship between the two. Whilst it's widely assumed that the former should prepare children for the latter, there are alternatives. This book contests the 'readying for school' relationship as neither self-evident nor unproblematic; and explores some alternative relationships, including a strong and equal partnership and the vision of a meeting place. In this ground-breaking book, Professor Peter Moss discusses the issue with leading early childhood figures - from Belgium, France, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and the United States - who bring very different perspectives to this contentious relationship. The book starts with an extended essay by Peter Moss, to which the other contributors are invited to respond critically, as well as offering their own thinking about the relationship between early childhood and compulsory education, both their current understandings and suggestions on future directions. Students, researchers and academics in the field of early childhood education will find this an insightful and timely text. But so too will their peers in compulsory education, since the book time and again raises searching questions about pedagogical purpose and practice in this sector"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I Introductory essay 1

1 The relationship between early childhood and compulsory education: A properly political question / Peter Moss Moss, Peter 2

Part II Authors' responses 51

2 A response from the co-author of 'a strong and equal partnership' / John Bennett Bennett, John 52

3 A dialogue with the co-author of 'the vision of a meeting place' / Gunilla Dahlberg Dahlberg, Gunilla 72

Part III Five other responses 91

4 Making a borderland of contested spaces into a meeting place: The relationship from a New Zealand perspective / Margaret Carr Carr, Margaret 92

5 From indifference to invasion: The relationship from a Norwegian perspective / Peder Haug Haug, Peder 112

6 David, Goliath and the ephemeral parachute: The relationship from a United States perspective / Sharon Lynn Kagan Kagan, Sharon Lynn 130

7 Bruno Ciari and 'educational continuity': The relationship from an Italian perspective / Arianna Lazzari Lazzari, Arianna, Lucia Balduzzi Balduzzi, Lucia 149

8 What if the rich child has poor parents? The relationship from a Flemish perspective / Michel Vandenbroeck Vandenbroeck, Michel, Nadine De Stercke Stercke, Nadine De, Hildegard Gobeyn Gobeyn, Hildegard 174

Part IV Concluding reflections 193

9 Citizens should expect more! / Peter Moss Moss, Peter 194.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415687737

041568773X

9780415687744

0415687748

9780203080757

0203080750

OCLC:

781675309