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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450024703321

Autore

Page Jane M. <1963, >

Titolo

Reframing the early childhood curriculum : educational imperatives for the future / / Jane M. Page

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000

ISBN

1-134-65468-5

0-203-19033-5

1-280-32809-6

0-203-13310-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (145 p.)

Collana

Futures and education series Reframing the early childhood curriculum

Disciplina

372.19

372.21

Soggetti

Curriculum

Early childhood education

Early childhood education - Curricula

Education

Forecasting

Education - Forecasting

Theory & Practice of Education

Social Sciences

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [99]-126) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Children's rights and adults' responsibilities; 2 Four- and five-year-old children's understandings of time and the future; 3 Futures studies a catalyst for social and educational change; 4 Futures studies and education; 5 Futures studies and early childhood education; 6 Applying futures concerns to the early childhood curriculum; 7 Applying futures values to the early childhood curriculum; 8 Early childhood professionals as agents of change; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Argues that pre-school children have a less apprehensive view of the future than adolescents and that an effective programme in the early



years can counteract the difficulties youths experience.