Early childhood learning communities : sociocultural research in practice /
Marilyn Fleer [and others].
- viii, 237 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pt. 1. Understanding children from a personal, interpersonal and cultural perspective. 1. A sociocultural perspective on early childhood education : Rethinking, reconceptualising and reinventing / Marilyn Fleer -- 2. Images of children : 'A picture tells a thousand words' / Anne Kennedy -- 3. Working in the zone : New insights into the Zone of Proximal Development / Marilyn Fleer and Jill Robbins' -- 4. The pedagogy of relationships / Anne Kennedy and Lynne Surman -- 5. Diversity in the context of universal early childhood education : Family involvement or family exclusion? / Marilyn Fleer and Jill Robbins -- 6. Broadening the lens on diversity / Jill Robbins, Marie Hammer and Marilyn Fleer -- Pt. 2. Understanding the learning environment from a personal, interpersonal and cultural perspective. 7. Continuity in early education : Building sociocultural connection / Anne Kennedy -- 8. Spaces that educate / Avis Ridgway and Marie Hammer -- 9. Documenting : feedback informing practice / Avis Ridgway -- 10. A sociocultural approach to observing and assessing / Marilyn Fleer and Lynne Surman -- 11. Potentive assessment in early childhood education / Marilyn Fleer -- 12. Program planning : Negotiating the curriculum / Lynne Surman, Avis Ridgway and Suzy Edwards -- Pt. 3. Understanding the profession from a personal, interpersonal and cultural perspective. 13. The foundations of early childhood education : Historically situated practice / Suzy Edwards and Marie Hammer -- 14. Quality-always unfinished business / Marilyn Fleer and Anne Kennedy -- 15 Joining the academy / Marilyn Fleer, Marie Hammer and Jill Robbins.
Aims to share research findings that are important in an evidence based approach to pedagogy practice. Paving the way for more accurate sorting and sifting of research and theoretical writings in early childhood education. Authors from Monash University.
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