Feminism(s) in Early Childhood: Using Feminist Theories in Research and Practice

✍ Scribed by Kylie Smith, Kate Alexander, Sheralyn Campbell (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Singapore
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 198
• Series: Perspectives on Children and Young People 4
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This unique book brings together international scholars from around the globe to examine how different feminist theories are being used in early childhood research, policy and pedagogy. The array of feminist discourses captured by the authors offer contextualised possibilities for disrupting dominant patriarchal beliefs and producing change. The authors address and challenge how early childhood experiences, institutions and practices produce gendered effects across and within diverse contexts and demonstrate how feminism(s) in action can be used to reconceptualise research methods, government policy, children’s learning, teaching practice and educational resources. In this way, the book contributes to creating new knowledge connections and community alliances in the global effort to end gender-based inequalities across local and global communities.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Introduction....Pages 1-7
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Feminism and the Development of Early Childhood Education in Australia....Pages 11-24
The Didgeridoo, an Instrument of Oppression or Decolonisation?....Pages 25-33
Celebrating Pioneering and Contemporary Feminist Approaches to Studying Gender in Early Childhood....Pages 35-47
Black Feminist Thought in Early Childhood Studies: (Re)Centering Marginalized Feminist Perspectives....Pages 49-62
Front Matter....Pages 63-63
The Entangled Enlivening of Being: Feminist Research Strategies in the Early Years....Pages 65-74
Enhancing Feminism and Childhoods in Kenya Through Stronger Education Policy, Access, and Action....Pages 75-87
What’s Wrong with Equality? Developing a Critical Conceptual Understanding of Equality of Condition in Early Childhood Care and Education....Pages 89-104
Love and the Nuclear Family in the Kindergarten: Critical Analyses of HeteronormativitieS....Pages 105-117
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Time and Relationship: Paternal and Maternal Tensions in Teacher Narratives....Pages 121-133
Engaging with Feminist Poststructuralism to Inform Gender Equity Practice in Early Childhood Classrooms in Pakistan....Pages 135-147
Feminism and Early Childhood Education in Indonesia: Teachers’ Reflections....Pages 149-163
Gender Identities in the Australian Early Years Learning Framework....Pages 165-177
Are We There Yet? Gender Equity Journeys in Early Childhood Practice....Pages 179-192

✦ Subjects

Early Childhood Education;Educational Philosophy;Gender Studies