The Child's Curriculum: Working with the Natural Values of Young Children

✍ Scribed by Colwyn Trevarthen; Jonathan Delafield-Butt; Aline-Wendy Dunlop

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 353
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
The Child’s Curriculum
Copyright
Table of Contents
Abbreviations
List of Contributors
1 Defining the child’s curriculum, and its role in the life of the community
2 What young children give to our learning
3 The importance of play
4 The emotional and embodied nature of human understanding: Sharing narratives of meaning
5 Access to enriching environments in early childhood: Paradise lost?
6 The evolved developmental niche and children’s developing morality
7 Children’s aesthetic agency: The pleasures and power of imagination
8 The spiritual strengths of young children
9 Early human relations set the foundation for adult health and working life
10 Gender balance in the childcare workforce: Why having more men in childcare is important
11 The courage of utopia
12 The child’s curriculum as a gift: Opening up the early-​level curriculum in Scotland
13 Early childhood education and care policy: Beyond quantity and quality, for human development
14 Communities raising children together: Collaborative consultation with a place-​based initiative in Harlem
15 Involving parents in their children’s learning
16 Children’s ‘working theories’ as curriculum outcomes
17 The spirit of the child inspires learning in the community: How can we balance this promise with the politics and practice of education?
Index