The Early Childhood Educator - Critical Conversations in Feminist Theory

Across the globe the work of early childhood educators, who are predominantly women, is misunderstood, underpaid and undervalued. Perspectives on early childhood educators are highly contentious: are they child development experts, oppressed workers, maternal substitutes, technicians, facilitators of early learning, or something else? This volume features chapter authors from Australia, Canada, Norway, Sweden, the USA and New Zealand, examine a range of contemporary feminist theories in relation to the early childhood educator. The feminist theories covered include materialist feminism, poststructural feminism, decolonizing feminisms, posthumanist feminism, new materialist feminism, feminist ethics of care, womanist feminism, postcolonial feminism, femme theory and feminist queer theory. The editors of the volume offer an introduction and commentaries that explore solidarities and tensions between the feminisms to generate critical conversations about the work, lived experiences, and agency of early childhood educators. The volume contributes to shifting understandings of the early childhood educator in the contexts of culture, practice, policy and politics.>

Product details

• Authors: Rachel Langford, Brooke Richardson
• Assisted by: Rachel Langford (Editor), Langford Rachel (Editor), Jayne Osgood (Editor), Brooke Richardson (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2024
• EAN: 9781350267237
• ISBN: 978-1-350-26723-7
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Feminist Thought in Childhood; Feminist Thought in Childhood Research
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Kindergarten and pre-school education; EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Feminism & feminist theory, Philosophy & theory of education, Educational strategies & policy, Philosophy and theory of education, Feminism and feminist theory, Pre-school & kindergarten, Early childhood care and education