{"product_id":"debates-on-early-childhood-policies-and-practices","title":"Debates on Early Childhood Policies and Practices","description":"\u003cp\u003eGlobally, Early Years policies and documents have set out aspirational outcomes and benefits for children, their families and the wider society. These policies have emphasised the place of early childhood provision within the wider global agenda, by tackling inequality and disadvantage early on in children’s lives. However, these strategies have also raised further debates regarding the way they have informed and shaped curricula frameworks and pedagogical approaches. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe international team of contributors to this book argue that if these issues are not explicitly acknowledged, understood, critiqued and negotiated, emerging policies and documents may potentially lead to disadvantaging, marginalising and even pathologising certain childhoods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDivided into two parts, the volume demonstrates the dialectic nature of both policy and practice. The chapters in this wide-ranging text: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eexplore and articulate the philosophical premises and values that underpin current early childhood policy, curricula and pedagogies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eexplicitly acknowledge and articulate some of potential conflicts and challenges they present\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprovide examples of divergent and creative pedagogical thinking\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehighlight opportunities for enabling pedagogical cultures and encounters. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDebates on Early Childhood Policies and Practices\u003c\/em\u003e is aimed at a wide readership including academics and researchers in early years education, policy makers, undergraduate and postgraduate students, practitioners and early childhood professionals.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239275712856,"sku":"9780415691017","price":62.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415691017_2402ae9b-970e-48cb-8e57-84aeac5933ab.jpg?v=1769825752","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/debates-on-early-childhood-policies-and-practices","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}