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Land, Nicole; Vintimilla, Cristina Delgado; Pacini-Ketchabaw, Veronica; Angus, Lucille – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2022
The authors propose decentering the child as a critical motion in the education of pedagogists who work to refuse developmental pedagogies in early childhood education. Tracing how child-centered developmental practices are obstacles for deeper ethical and intellectual work and reiterate anthropocentric relationalities, they offer two propositions…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Teaching Methods, Child Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
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Manning, John P.; Thirumurthy, Vidya; Field, Harriet – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2012
In a previous publication the authors examined selected aspects of the structure and curriculum of fifteen childcare centers located in three geographically distant locations in North America and determined that contrasts within and between the regions in terms of structure and curriculum guided by the National Association for the Education of…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Participant Observation, Global Approach, Content Analysis
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Batycky, Jennifer – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2008
The early childhood classroom is a space filled with contradictions. While a primary classroom is full of possibility, there exists a quiet narrative that we take for granted which serves to silence the voices of both children and teachers. This narrative is powerful in the space it occupies and within these contexts it manifests itself in a…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Power Structure, Curriculum, Classroom Environment