Nordic childhoods and early education

Information Age Publishing

2006

ix, 310 p.

International perspectives on educational policy, research, and practice

Contents: Nordic ideals as reflected in Nordic childhoods and early education / Judith T. Wagner and Johanna Einarsdottir; The making of Nordic childhoods / Baldur Kristjansson; Will there be any preschool teachers in the future? : a comment on recent teacher-education reforms in Sweden / Jan-Erik Johansson; The social game of early childhood education : the case of Norway / Torill Strand; Teaching and learning in preschool and the first years of elementary school in Sweden / Ingrid Pramling Samuelsson; Finnish daycare : caring, education, and instruction / Anneli Niikko; Between two continents, between two traditions : education and care in Icelandic preschools / Johanna Einarsdottir; Learning and development in play / Pentti Hakkarainen; Children's perspectives on their childhood experiences / Stig Broström; Reconceptualizing early childhood education : challenging taken-for-granted ideas / Hillevi Lenz Taguchi; An outsider's perspective : childhoods and early education in the Nordic countries / Judith T. Wagner.

In this book, noted Nordic researchers and teacher educators provide insights into early childhood discourses and practices in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. In addition to these insiders’ perspectives, an American scholars explore Nordic themes, trends, and practices as they emerge in the book's chapters on such varied topics as Nordic childhoods, children's perspectives, preschool teacher education reforms and developments, transition from preschool to primary school, learning through play, caregiving and instruction.

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