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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783655103321

Autore

Dahlberg Gunilla

Titolo

Ethics and politics in early childhood education [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2004

ISBN

1-134-46427-4

0-203-47421-X

1-280-09693-4

0-203-46352-8

1-134-46428-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (219 p.)

Collana

Contesting Early Childhood

Altri autori (Persone)

MossPeter

Disciplina

372.21

372.2101

379.15

Soggetti

Aims and objectives

Early childhood education - Italy - Reggio Emilia

Early childhood education - Political aspects

Early childhood education

Education and state

Education, Elementary

Education, Elementary-- Aims and objectives-- Moral and ethical aspects

Moral and ethical aspects

Political aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Series editors' preface; Acknowledgement; Opening narrative; Technology as first practice; What ethics?; Preschools as loci of ethical practice; Towards a pedagogy of listening; Major and minor politics; The preschool as a site for democratic politics; In search of Utopia; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The early childhood services of Reggio Emilia in Northern Italy has gained worldwide interest and admiration. Drawing on the 'Reggio



approach', and others, this book explores the ethical and political dimensions of early childhood services and argues the importance of these dimensions at a time when they are often reduced to technical and managerial projects, without informed consideration for what is best for the child.Extending and developing the ideas raised in Beyond Quality in Early Childhood Care and Education the successful team of authors make a wide range of