Rethinking Readiness in Early Childhood Education: Implications for Policy and Practice

✍ Scribed by Jeanne Marie Iorio, Will Parnell (eds.)

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 244
• Series: Critical Cultural Studies of Childhood
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
A Cultural History of “Readiness” in Early Childhood Care and Education: Are There Still Culturally Relevant, Ethical, and Imaginative Spaces for Learning Open for Young Children and Their Families?....Pages 1-18
Ready for School? Lessons from a Sociohistorical Investigation into Mechanisms of Preparation and Classification of Children for Primary School from 1911 to 1979....Pages 19-32
Something Isn’t Right: Deconstructing Readiness with Parents, Teachers, and Children....Pages 33-47
The Early Development Instrument: A Bioecological View of School Readiness....Pages 49-64
“Daddy, Look At the Video I Made on My iPad!”: Reconceptualizing “Readiness” in the Digital Age....Pages 65-76
Cracking the Walls of the Education Matrix: Are you Ready to Educate Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students?....Pages 77-91
“Are You My Dawg?”: Socially and Politically Marginalized Children Desiring to Be Seen and Valued by Their Teachers....Pages 93-107
Rethinking the Discourse of Readiness in Preschool....Pages 109-121
Transition to School: Times of Opportunity, Expectation, Aspiration, and Entitlement....Pages 123-139
“Who They Are and What They Have to Say Matters …”: How an Emergent Preschool Experience Shapes Children’s Navigation of Kindergarten....Pages 141-164
Puffins, Butterflies, and Clouds in the Preschool: The Importance of Wonder....Pages 165-178
Juan, Melina, and Friends: Guides for Reconceptualizing Readiness....Pages 179-189
Inserting Postmodern Epistemological Perspectives into Discourse on Readiness: Privileging Assets, Capacity Building, and Diversity to Increase Equity....Pages 191-208
Reimagining Possible Worlds for Young Children....Pages 209-215
Back Matter....Pages 217-232

✦ Subjects

Childhood Education; Education Policy; Curriculum Studies; Administration, Organization and Leadership; Educational Policy and Politics; Educational Philosophy