{"product_id":"ethics-and-politics-in-early-childhood-education-9780415280426","title":"Ethics and Politics in Early Childhood Education","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExtending and developing the ideas raised in \u003cem\u003eBeyond Quality in Early Childhood Care and Education\u003c\/em\u003e the successful team of authors make a wide range of complex material accessible to readers who may have little knowledge of the various important and relevant areas within philosophy, ethics, or politics, covering subjects such as:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003epost-structural thinkers and their perspectives\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe history and practice of early childhood work in Reggio Emilia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eglobalization, technological change, poverty, and environmental degradation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'This book is bold and challenging; it deals with complex ideas and the authors are not afraid to engage with difficult, abstract and complex concepts and apply them directly to practice. By challenging many standard features of existing services the book generates a range of useful insights ... It provides for the practitioner, student or academic who is prepared to invest a little time in getting to grips with its central ideas a compelling vision of an unashamedly utopian model of service provision.'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eJournal of Early Childhood Research\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'This book is bold and challenging; it deals with complex ideas and the authors are not afraid to engage with difficult, abstract and complex concepts and apply them directly to practice. By challenging many standard features of existing services the book generates a range of useful insights...It provides for the practitioner, student or academic who is prepared to invest a little time in getting to grips with its central ideas a compelling vision of an unashamedly Utopian model of service provision.'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eJournal of Early Childhood Research\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Opening Narrative 2. Technology as First Practice 3. What Ethics? 4. Preschools as a Loci of Ethical Practice 5. Towards a Pedagogy of Listening 6. Major and Minor Politics 7. The Preschool as a Site for Democratic Politics 8. In Search of Utopia\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018125771095,"sku":"9780415280426","price":50.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415280426.jpg?v=1750775719","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ethics-and-politics-in-early-childhood-education-9780415280426","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}