Recent Perspectives on Early Childhood Education in Canada / Larry Prochner, Nina Howe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Howe, Nina, author.

Prochner, Larry, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child care services--Canada.

Early childhood education--Canada.

Early childhood education.

Child care services.

Local Subjects:

Child care services--Canada.

Early childhood education--Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (457 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Early childhood education is critical for preparing children for success in formal school settings, and as such, is a major concern throughout the world. This volume brings together ground-breaking research in this area to help practitioners, students, policy makers, curriculum designers, and intervention program developers understand the latest ideas and advances in the field.Recent Perspectives of Early Childhood Education and Care in Canada centres on three key themes. The first provides a survey of historical, social policy, economic, and provincial regulations and policies related to early childhood education and care. The second focuses on issues related to children's learning, curriculum, and teachers. The final theme addresses recent developments in government involvement in early childhood education and care that are unique to Canada. The contributors to this volume demonstrate the pressing need that exists to further public discussion on early childhood education to help policymakers shape better decisions for Canadian families.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction / Howe, Nina / Prochner, Larry

PART I: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

1. Early Childhood Education and Care in Canada in the 1950s and 1960s: Retrenchment and Renewal / Prochner, Larry / Robertson, Lynne

2. Provision, Policy, and Politics in Early Childhood Education and Care in Canada / Friendly, Martha / Prentice, Susan

3. The Economics of Early Childhood Education and Care in Canada / Cleveland, Gordon

4. Canadian Child Care Regulations Regarding Training and Curriculum / Jacobs, Ellen / Adrien, Emmanuelle

Commentary: Towards a Geology of Early Childhood Education and Care in Canada / Goelman, Hillel

PART II: Children, Curriculum, and Teachers

5. Revisioning Multiculturalism in Early Childhood Education / Pacini-Ketchabaw, Veronica / Bernhard, Judith K.

6. Intergenerational Learning Programming from a Curriculum Studies Perspective: New Directions, New Possibilities / Heydon, Rachel M.

7. Innovations in Provincial Early Learning Curriculum Frameworks / Langford, Rachel

8. The Investigating Quality Project: Innovative Approaches in Early Childhood Education / Pence, Alan / Pacini-Ketchabaw, Veronica

9. Elements of Mentoring: Two Case Studies of In-service Professional Development for Early Childhood Educators / Howe, Nina / Jacobs, Ellen

Commentary: Reflections on Children, Curriculum, and Teachers / Pence, Alan

PART III: Government Involvement

10. The Quebec Child Care System: Lessons from Research / Japel, Christa

11. Community-Based Early Child Development Projects / Peters, Ray Dev / Howell-Moneta, Angela / Petrunka, Kelly

12. Federal Investments in Strengthening Indigenous Capacity for Culturally Based Early Childhood Education and Care / Ball, Jessica

13. Integrated Early Childhood Services in School-as-Hub Models: Lessons from Toronto First Duty and Peel Best Start / Pelletier, Janette

Commentary: Government Roles in Early Childhood Education and Care in Canada: Patchwork, Perils, and Promise of New Directions / Corter, Carl

Postscript: Early Childhood Education and Care in Canada / Penn, Helen

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 07. Dez 2018)

ISBN:

1-4426-6204-2

1-4426-6203-4

OCLC:

1078915165