Politics in the playground : the world of early childhood in Aotearoa New Zealand / Helen May.
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TextPublisher: Dunedin : Otago University Press, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Edition: Revised edition 2019Description: 408 pages ; 21 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1988531810
- 9781988531816
- World of early childhood in Aotearoa New Zealand
- Education, Preschool -- New Zealand -- History
- Preschool children -- Care -- New Zealand -- History
- Education, Preschool -- Government policy -- New Zealand
- Preschool children -- Care -- Government policy -- New Zealand
- Early childhood education -- New Zealand -- History -- 20th century
- Child care -- New Zealand -- History -- 20th century
- Education -- Political aspects -- New Zealand -- History -- 20th century
- 372.210993 23
- LB1139.3.N5 M39 2019
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"Revised in 2019"--Cover.
Previous edition 2009.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Investing in the early years -- Part One. Growth and expectations 1940s - 1960s : -- 1. Psychology of freedom -- 2. Psychology of disorder -- 3. Getting ahead -- Part Two. Challenge and constraint 1960s - 1980s : -- 4. Politics of early childhood -- 5. Demanding childcare -- 6. Working with children -- 7. Indigenous rights and minority issues -- Part Three. State interest and devolution 1980s - 1990s : -- 8. Winds of reform -- 9. Measures of quality -- Part Four. Strategic directions : -- 10. 'Blue skies in the playground' -- Agendas for young children.
Freshly updated in 2019, the third edition of Politics in the Playground: The world of early childhood in Aotearoa New Zealand is a lively history of early childhood education and care in Aotearoa New Zealand in the postwar era. The book follows on from Discovery of Early Childhood (1997, 2013), which traced the origins of institutional care and education for young children in Europe, US and New Zealand prior to state interest and serious investment.This latest edition brings the story right up to date with developments under the Labour coalition government of Jacinda Ardern.The place of children in New Zealand’s social history makes this book a remarkable record of social movements. The postwar search for security, the radicalism of the 1960s and 1970s, the rise of feminism, the role of the state in social issues, increasing employment of women – all have impacted on early childhood education. The language of the debate has shifted from ‘social progress’ in mid-century, to the economic terminology of the 1990s, some cautious consideration of the young child citizen in the 2000s, followed by the rhetoric of ‘risk’, the ‘vulnerable child’ and a new story in this revised edition covering the 2010s.This is an account of critical issues for young children that will interest parents, policy- makers, teachers and students. -- Publisher information.
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