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Zusatztext "Change is inevitable. Those of us engaged in the field of Early Childhood Education around the globe are witnesses to! and participants in! these changing times. There is a point at which change propels us into innovation. Pascal! Bertram and Veisson have collected stories of how change has led to innovation in ECE all over the worldThe authors have documented change and innovation in policy! professionalism! curriculum and pedagogy in such diverse settings as: Singapore's efforts to privatize ECE services! New Zealand's Te Whariki tradition of learning stories! Scandinavian examination of pre-service teacher preparation! and Estonia's focus on a nature-embedded ECE science curriculum. The rich examples offered in this monograph honor those who have been moved by change to innovation."Dr. Nancy Barbour! Professor of Early Childhood Education! James Madison University! USA. Informationen zum Autor Chris Pascal is ?a Director of the Centre for Research in Early Childhood, which is based in Birmingham in the UK. Tony Bertram is ?a Director of the Centre for Research in Early Childhood, which is based in Birmingham in the UK. Marika Veisson is a Professor in the School of Education Sciences at Tallinn University in Estonia. Zusammenfassung Early Childhood Education and Change in Different Cultural Contexts examines how educational systems in different countries are responding to significant economic, social and political changes. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Chris Pascal and Tony Bertram Introduction Chapter 1: Exploring notions of change and innovation in early childhood education Chris Pascal, Tony Bertram and Marika Veisson Section 1: Policy Chapter 2: Innovative Policies for ECE Provision in Eight Countries: Findings from the IEA Early Childhood Education Study Chris Pascal and Tony Bertram Chapter 3: Early Childhood Education in English-speaking Caribbean Cultural Communities Jaipaul Lalla Roopnarine and Jason Chiang Chapter 4: Rights-based Early Childhood Development in South Africa Hasina Ebrahim and NC Phatudi Chapter 5: Pragmatism in Policy Making: Influencing a Largely Privatised Early Childhood Education and Care Sector in Singapore Chee Wah Sum, May-Yin Sirene Lim and Ching Ting Tan Section 2: Professionalism and workforce Chapter 6: Preparing Early Childhood Teachers to Face New Challenges in the United States Suzanne Swartz and James Johnson Chapter 7: Constructions of Preschool Teachers’ Professional Spaces in Estonian, Finnish, and Swedish Early Childhood Education Päivi Kupila, Kirsti Karila, Anette Sandberg and Aino Ugaste Chapter 8: The Place of Theory and Practice in Preschool Teachers' Pre-Service Education: Estonian Preschool Teachers' Evaluations in Conditions of Changing Professionalism Rain Mikser, Maire Tuul, Marika Veisson and Ivor Goodson Chapter 9: Early Childhood Education Professionals in New Zealand Kindergartens: Commitment and Challenges Marika Veisson and Jenny Ritchie Section 3: Curriculum and pedagogy Chapter 10: Parent’s Views on Icelandic Preschool Education: A Comparison of 2005/2006 and 2016 Johanna Einarsdottir Chapter 11: Compassion and Emotional Worlds in Early Childhood Education Lasse Lipponen, Antti Rajala and Jaakko Hilppö Chapter 12: Creating a Science Rich Environment for Young Children Inge Timoštšuk Chapter 13: Young Children's (0-3 Years) Touch-Screen Use and Parental Mediation: Pedagogical Advice Elyna Nevski and Andra Siibak ...
