{"product_id":"reconfiguring-the-natures-of-childhood-1","title":"Reconfiguring the Natures of Childhood","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this fascinating new book, Affrica Taylor encourages an exciting paradigmatic shift in the ways in which childhood and nature are conceived and pedagogically deployed, and invites readers to critically reassess the naturalist childhood discourses that are rife within popular culture and early years education.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough adopting a common worlds framework, \u003ci\u003eReconfiguring the Natures of Childhood\u003c\/i\u003e generates a number of complex and inclusive ways of seeing and representing the early years. It recasts childhood as:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emessy and implicated rather than pure and innocent; \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esituated and differentiated rather than decontextualized and universal; \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eentangled within real world relations rather than protected in a separate space.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout the book, the author follows an intelligent and innovative line of thought which challenges many pre-existing ideas about childhood. Drawing upon cross-disciplinary perspectives, and with international relevance, this book makes an important contribution to the field of childhood studies and early childhood education, and will be a valuable resource for scholars, postgraduate students and higher education teachers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54983879098712,"sku":"9780415687720","price":64.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/reconfiguring-the-natures-of-childhood-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}