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Rethinking the concepts of citizenship and community in relation to young children, this groundbreaking text examines how indigenous understandings and practices applied in early childhood settings in Australia and New Zealand, encourage children to demonstrate their care for others and so perceive themselves as part of a larger community.
List of contents
List of illustrations Acknowledgements Foreword Preface Chapter One: Community building, citizenship, colonisation and globalisation Chapter Two: Children and childhood in discourses at play in Australia and New Zealand Chapter Three: Decolonising methodologies with children and community Chapter Four: Gundoo community and how Gundoo children show community building Chapter Five: Katoa cmmunity and children’s community building at Katoa Kindergarten Chapter Six: Environments and pedagogies for children’s community building Chapter Seven: Challenges for policy and practice for young children’s community building Index
About the author
Louise Gwenneth Phillips is an early childhood and arts education academic at the School of Education, The University of Queensland, Australia.
Jenny Ritchie is an Associate Professor in Te Puna Akopai, the School of Education, at Te Whare Wananga o te Upoko o te Ika a Maui, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
Lavina Dynevor is a proud Wakka Wakka woman and passionate Aboriginal early childhood educator and mentor in Australia.
Jared Lambert is Head Teacher at Berhampore Kindergarten, He Whanau Manaaki o Tararua, Wellington, New Zealand.
Kerryn Moroney is a proud Luritja woman who promotes equitable early childhood education systems in Australia.
Summary
Rethinking the concepts of citizenship and community in relation to young children, this groundbreaking text examines how indigenous understandings and practices applied in early childhood settings in Australia and New Zealand, encourage children to demonstrate their care for others and so perceive themselves as part of a larger community.
