Description
Book SynopsisThis book explores the history of kindergartens and infant schools in three settler colonies, revealing how discourses and developments in the past have shaped early childhood education in the present.
Trade Review"Professor Larry Prochner has produced a systematic, scholarly and insightful analysis of the emergence of infant schools and kindergartens in Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia. This book will be a key reference work for all scholars in the field. - Deborah Brennan, University of New South Wales"
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
1 Childhood and Education
2 Infant Schools in Britain
3 Infant Schools in the Case-Study Countries
4 Childcare and Daycare
5 Kindergarten from Germany to England and America
6 Kindergarten in the Case-Study Countries
7 Winnipeg Free Kindergarten Association
8 Kindergarten Union of New South Wales
9 Wellington Free Kindergarten Association
10 Conclusion: Change and Continuity
Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index
