Binding: Paperback
Description: Rethinking the concepts of citizenship and community in relation to young children this groundbreaking text examines the ways in which indigenous understandings and practices applied in early childhood settings in Australia and New Zealand encourage young children to demonstrate their care and concern for others and so in turn perceive themselves as part of a larger community. Young Children's Community Building in Action acknowledges global variations in the meanings of early childhood education of citizenship and community building and challenges widespread invisibility and disregard of Indigenous communities. Through close observation and examination of early years settings in Australia and New Zealand chapters demonstrate how practices guided by Aboriginal and M ori values support and nurture children's personal and social development as individuals and as citizens in a wider community. Exploring what young children's citizenship learning and action looks like in practice and how this may vary within and across communities the book provides a powerful account of effective pedagogical approaches which have been long excluded from mainstream dialogues. Written for researchers and students of early childhood education and care this book provides insight into what citizenship can be for young children and how Indigenous cultural values shape ways of knowing being doing and relating.
Title: Young Children's Community Building In Action Embodied Emplaced And Relational Citizenship
Author(s): Moroney Kerryn
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781138369665
Pages: 186 Pages, 2 Tables, Black And White; 2 Line Drawings, Black And White; 14 Halftones, Black And Whit
Publication Date: 7/18/2019
Series: Contesting Early Childhood
Category: Pre-School & Kindergarten