Recent perspectives on early childhood education and care in Canadaedited by Nina Howe and Larry Prochner.
Recent perspectives on early childhood education and care in Canadaedited by Nina Howe and Larry Prochner.
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, (c)2012.
- 1 online resource (x, 446 pages ): illustrations.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction / Part I: Historical and contemporary perspectives -- 1. Early childhood education and care in Canada in the 1950s and 1960s: retrenchment and renewal / 2. Provision, policy, and politics in early childhood education and care in Canada / 3. The economics of early childhood education and care in Canada / 4. Canadian child care regulations regarding training and curriculum / Commentary: towards a geology of early childhood education and care in Canada / Part II: Children, curriculum, and teachers -- 5. Revisioning multiculturalism in early childhood education / 6. Intergenerational learning programming from a curriculum studies perspective: new directions, new possibilities / 7. Innovations in provincial early learning curriculum frameworks / 8. The investigating quality project: innovative approaches in early childhood education / 9. Elements of mentoring: two case studies of in-service professional development for early childhood educators / Commentary: reflections on children, curriculum, and teachers / Part III: Government involvement -- 10. The Quebec child care system: lessons from research / 11. Community-based early child development projects / 12. Federal investments in strenghening indigenous capacity for culturally based early childhood education and care / 13. Integrated early childhood services in school-as-hub models: lessons from Toronto first duty and Peel best start / Commentary: Government roles in early childhood education and care in Canada: patchwork, perils, and promise of new directions / Postscript: early childhood education and care in Canada / Nina Howe and Larry Prochner -- Larry Prochner and Lynne Robertson -- Martha Friendly and Susan Prentice -- Gordon Cleveland -- Ellen Jacobs and Emmanuelle Adrien -- Hillel Goelman -- Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw and Judith K. Bernhard -- Rachel M. Heydon -- Rachel Langford -- Alan Pierce and Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw -- Nina Howe and Ellen Jacobs -- Alan Pence -- Christa Japel -- Ray Dev Peters, Angela Howell-Moneta, and Kelly Petrunka -- Jessica Ball -- Janette Pelletier -- Carl Corter -- Helen Penn.
The contributors to this volume demonstrate the pressing need that exists to further public discussion on early childhood education to help policymakers shape better decisions for Canadian families.
9781442662032
Early childhood education--Canada.
Child care services--Canada.
Child care services--Canada.
Early childhood education--Canada.
Electronic Books.
LB1139 / .R434 2012
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction / Part I: Historical and contemporary perspectives -- 1. Early childhood education and care in Canada in the 1950s and 1960s: retrenchment and renewal / 2. Provision, policy, and politics in early childhood education and care in Canada / 3. The economics of early childhood education and care in Canada / 4. Canadian child care regulations regarding training and curriculum / Commentary: towards a geology of early childhood education and care in Canada / Part II: Children, curriculum, and teachers -- 5. Revisioning multiculturalism in early childhood education / 6. Intergenerational learning programming from a curriculum studies perspective: new directions, new possibilities / 7. Innovations in provincial early learning curriculum frameworks / 8. The investigating quality project: innovative approaches in early childhood education / 9. Elements of mentoring: two case studies of in-service professional development for early childhood educators / Commentary: reflections on children, curriculum, and teachers / Part III: Government involvement -- 10. The Quebec child care system: lessons from research / 11. Community-based early child development projects / 12. Federal investments in strenghening indigenous capacity for culturally based early childhood education and care / 13. Integrated early childhood services in school-as-hub models: lessons from Toronto first duty and Peel best start / Commentary: Government roles in early childhood education and care in Canada: patchwork, perils, and promise of new directions / Postscript: early childhood education and care in Canada / Nina Howe and Larry Prochner -- Larry Prochner and Lynne Robertson -- Martha Friendly and Susan Prentice -- Gordon Cleveland -- Ellen Jacobs and Emmanuelle Adrien -- Hillel Goelman -- Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw and Judith K. Bernhard -- Rachel M. Heydon -- Rachel Langford -- Alan Pierce and Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw -- Nina Howe and Ellen Jacobs -- Alan Pence -- Christa Japel -- Ray Dev Peters, Angela Howell-Moneta, and Kelly Petrunka -- Jessica Ball -- Janette Pelletier -- Carl Corter -- Helen Penn.
The contributors to this volume demonstrate the pressing need that exists to further public discussion on early childhood education to help policymakers shape better decisions for Canadian families.
9781442662032
Early childhood education--Canada.
Child care services--Canada.
Child care services--Canada.
Early childhood education--Canada.
Electronic Books.
LB1139 / .R434 2012