Series: Changing Images of Early Childhood

Recent and increasing efforts to standardise young children's academic performance have shifted the emphases of education towards normative practices and away from qualitative, substantive intentions. Connection to human experience, compassion for societal ailments, and the joys of learning are straining under the pressure of quantitative research, competition, and test scores, exemplified by federal funding competitions and policymaking. Disrupting Early Childhood...

This collection, edited by leaders in the field of early childhood and multicultural education, is a valuable resource for those studying and working with young children. Chapters emphasise the relationship between theory, research, and practice, and provide illustrations of equitable and inclusive practices that move us toward social justice in the critical field of early childhood education. Drawing from the...

Rethinking Parent and Child Conflict by Susan Grieshaber draws from Foucault's notion of power-knowledge-resistance and feminist poststructuralism to offer a re-theorisation of parent-child conflict that takes into account relationships between the individual and society. Employing this non-traditional perspective, Grieshaber studies four families and considers how issues such as race, class, gender, and age interact with daily domestic practice to produce...