Description
Book SynopsisGrowing up in Walltown, Italy presents an ethnographic account of the culture of early childhood education, as it is constructed in two municipal schools (a nursery and a childhood school) of an Italian town, explored through extensive participant observation and interviews of educators, teachers, school coordinators, mothers, and cooks and school staff. After providing background information on Italian early childhood education, the author describes and interprets the process of children''s insertion into the world of the school as a passage whose ritual stepsinitially accompanied by a parentare carefully prepared by educators and teachers, so that the passengers will successfully settle in, and become competent members and participants of the respective educational communities. The authors focuses on the educational and cultural learning that children between six months and five years of age attain by exercising their agency, capacity for communication, interaction and responsibil
Table of Contents
Introduction
1 – The Culture of Early Childhood Education & Care
2 – Passages
3 – Sharing the Food, Sharing the Table
4 – Sensing & Making Sense
5 – Puer Legens
6 – The Dialectics of Learning and Performing
7 – Roles, Rules, & Rhythms
Conclusion
