Resourcing early learners : new networks, new actors / Sue Nichols. [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nichols, Sue, 1959- author.

Series:

Routledge Research in Education

Routledge research in education ; 78

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Early childhood education--Information resources.

Early childhood education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (211 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The landscape of early childhood education and care is changing. Governments world-wide are assuming increasing authority in relation to child-rearing in the years before school entry, beyond the traditional role in assisting parents to do the best they can by their children. As part of a social agenda aimed at forming citizens well prepared to play an active part in a globalised knowledge economy, the idea of 'early learning' expresses the necessity of engaging caregivers right from the start of children's lives. Nichols, Rowsell, Rainbird, and Nixon investigate this trend over three years, i

Contents:

Front Cover; Resourcing Early Learners: New Networks, New Actors; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The Early Learning Agenda; 2 Tracing Early Learning Resources; 3 The Mall; 4 The Clinic; 5 The Church; 6 The Library; 7 The Networked Discursive Field of Early Learning; Author Biographies; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-28458-3

1-283-71143-5

0-203-11293-8

1-136-28459-1

9780203112939

OCLC:

818114064