Description
Book SynopsisThis interdisciplinary volume aims to deepen and enrich the reader’s understanding of children’s lives in the Global South. At a time when provision for Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) is expanding across the globe, this book highlights issues around early childhood development as well as exploring the importance of including local traditions, culture and knowledge in developing professional practices in the sector. A range of international contributors, including key scholars in the field of early childhood, draw on topics identified for discussion at the Early Childhood in Developing World Contexts International Conference, held at University College Cork, Ireland, in 2011. Much of the exciting research being undertaken in this area remains unrecognized, and the volume aims to communicate some of the important debates currently taking place. The essays are organized into three broad themes: children’s lives and livelihoods; early years policy and practice; and language and culture.
Table of ContentsContents: Karen Wells: Mobility and Social Reproduction: Key Issues for Early Childhood Research in Developing Countries – Angela Veale/Susan McKay/Miranda Worthen/Michael Wessells: Children of Young Mothers Formerly Associated with Armed Forces or Groups in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Northern Uganda – Una Murray: Child Labour: A Complex Problem Requiring ‘Joined Up’ Responses – Samuel Okyere: An Assessment of the Impact of Hazardous Work on Children’s Educational Attainment – Helen Penn: Does International Aid Work? The Example of Early Childhood – Johanna Davis: Values in Early Childhood Development: A Venture into the Field of Childhood Aid – Rosarii Griffin/Jacqui O’Riordan: Early Childhood and Primary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Impact of HIV and AIDS on Education in Lesotho – Jacqui O’Riordan/James Urwick/Matemoho Khatleli/Stella Long/Grace Ntaote/Florence Nyakudya/Nthabeleng Maketela: Identification of Disabilities in Young Children in Lesotho: The Role of the Early Childhood Sector – Mahima Mitra: The Take-Up of Government Early Childhood Education and Care Services in Developing Countries: Evidence from India and Theoretical Frameworks for Guiding Research – Annika Pissin: Migration in China: Floating Mothers and Fathers, Left-Behind Girls and Boys – Barney Shiels: The Equity Approach to Early Childhood Development and Accomplishing the Millennium Development Goals – Mary Kellett: Research Methods with Young Children: Extending the Canvas – Jacqui O’Riordan/Deirdre Horgan/Shirley Martin/Michael Blaney: Day-To-Day Transitions for Children of People Seeking Refugee Status Living in Ireland – Joy Chalke: Supporting Children with English as an Additional Language in the Early Years Foundation Stage (UK): Meeting the Challenges – Anne M. Dolan: Critically ‘Reading the World’ through Picture-Books – Pamela Mackenzie: A Mother Tongue Based Multilingual Curriculum as a Means to Quality Education: Lessons from Minority Language Communities in India and Bangladesh – Sarah Quinn/Sue Kraftsoff: Maintaining the Mother Tongue: An Exploratory Study of Russian-Speaking Immigrant Parents’ Opinions on Maintaining their Primary Language in their Children.
