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100 1 _aCameron, Claire
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700 1 _aMoss, Peter
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700 1 _aCameron, Claire
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700 1 _aMoss, Peter
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245 1 0 _aTransforming Early Childhood in England : Towards a Democratic Education
260 _aLondon
_bUCL Press
_c2020
506 0 _aOpen Access
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520 _aEarly childhood education and care has been a political priority in England since 1997, when government finally turned its attention to this long-neglected area. Public funding has increased, policy initiatives have proliferated and at each general election political parties aim to outbid each other in their offer to families. Transforming Early Childhood in England: Towards a Democratic Education argues that, despite this attention, the system of early childhood services remains flawed and dysfunctional. National discourse is dominated by the cost and availability of childcare at the expense of holistic education, while a hotchpotch of fragmented provision staffed by a devalued workforce struggles with a culture of targets and measurement. With such deep-rooted problems, early childhood education and care in England is beyond minor improvements. In the context of austerity measures affecting many young families, transformative change is urgent. Transforming Early Childhood in England offers a critical analysis of the current system and proposes change based on young children’s universal right to education. The book calls for provision built on democratic principles, where all learning by all children is visible and recognised, educators are trusted and respected, and a calmer approach called ‘slow pedagogy’ replaces outcomes-driven targets. Combining criticism and hope, and drawing on inspiring research and examples from home and abroad, the book is essential reading for students, educators, practitioners, parents, academics and policymakers - anyone, in fact, who seeks to understand the policy problems for early childhood education and care in England, and see better prospects for the future.
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650 7 _aEducational strategies & policy
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650 7 _aPhilosophy & theory of education
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653 _aearly childhood
653 _aeducation
653 _achildcare
653 _aEngland
653 _aearly years policy
653 _ademocracy
653 _aearly years curriculum
653 _apoverty
653 _ayoung children
653 _afamilies
653 _atransforming policy
653 _atransformative change
653 _aAbigail Knight
653 _aRebecca OConnell
653 _aJulia Brannen
653 _aDiana Margot Rosenthal
653 _aMonica Lakhanpaul
653 _aEva Lloyd
653 _aGeorgina Trevor
653 _aAmanda Ince
653 _aLynn Ang
653 _aKate Cowan
653 _aRosie Flewitt
653 _aAlison Clark
653 _aDiana Sousa
653 _aGuy Roberts-Holmes
653 _aFrancesca Vaghi
653 _ademocratic education
653 _acomparative education
653 _aECEC workforce
653 _aECEC system
653 _achild health
653 _ahomelessness
653 _alearning
653 _asocial pedagogy
653 _aparticipation
653 _aslow pedagogy
653 _asocial justice
653 _aThomas Coram Research Centre
653 _apre-school
653 _awelfare
653 _ainequalities
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