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Recent perspectives on early childhood education and care in Canada [electronic resource] / edited by Nina Howe and Larry Prochner.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©2012.Description: 1 online resource (x, 446 pages ): illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442662032
  • 1442662034
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 372.210971 23
LOC classification:
  • LB1139.3.C3 R43 2012
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction / Nina Howe and Larry Prochner -- Part I: Historical and contemporary perspectives -- 1. Early childhood education and care in Canada in the 1950s and 1960s: retrenchment and renewal / Larry Prochner and Lynne Robertson -- 2. Provision, policy, and politics in early childhood education and care in Canada / Martha Friendly and Susan Prentice -- 3. The economics of early childhood education and care in Canada / Gordon Cleveland -- 4. Canadian child care regulations regarding training and curriculum / Ellen Jacobs and Emmanuelle Adrien -- Commentary: towards a geology of early childhood education and care in Canada / Hillel Goelman -- Part II: Children, curriculum, and teachers -- 5. Revisioning multiculturalism in early childhood education / Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw and Judith K. Bernhard -- 6. Intergenerational learning programming from a curriculum studies perspective: new directions, new possibilities / Rachel M. Heydon -- 7. Innovations in provincial early learning curriculum frameworks / Rachel Langford -- 8. The investigating quality project: innovative approaches in early childhood education / Alan Pierce and Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw -- 9. Elements of mentoring: two case studies of in-service professional development for early childhood educators / Nina Howe and Ellen Jacobs -- Commentary: reflections on children, curriculum, and teachers / Alan Pence -- Part III: Government involvement -- 10. The Quebec child care system: lessons from research / Christa Japel -- 11. Community-based early child development projects / Ray Dev Peters, Angela Howell-Moneta, and Kelly Petrunka -- 12. Federal investments in strenghening indigenous capacity for culturally based early childhood education and care / Jessica Ball -- 13. Integrated early childhood services in school-as-hub models: lessons from Toronto first duty and Peel best start / Janette Pelletier -- Commentary: Government roles in early childhood education and care in Canada: patchwork, perils, and promise of new directions / Carl Corter -- Postscript: early childhood education and care in Canada / Helen Penn.
Summary: The contributors to this volume demonstrate the pressing need that exists to further public discussion on early childhood education to help policymakers shape better decisions for Canadian families.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Nina Howe and Larry Prochner -- Part I: Historical and contemporary perspectives -- 1. Early childhood education and care in Canada in the 1950s and 1960s: retrenchment and renewal / Larry Prochner and Lynne Robertson -- 2. Provision, policy, and politics in early childhood education and care in Canada / Martha Friendly and Susan Prentice -- 3. The economics of early childhood education and care in Canada / Gordon Cleveland -- 4. Canadian child care regulations regarding training and curriculum / Ellen Jacobs and Emmanuelle Adrien -- Commentary: towards a geology of early childhood education and care in Canada / Hillel Goelman -- Part II: Children, curriculum, and teachers -- 5. Revisioning multiculturalism in early childhood education / Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw and Judith K. Bernhard -- 6. Intergenerational learning programming from a curriculum studies perspective: new directions, new possibilities / Rachel M. Heydon -- 7. Innovations in provincial early learning curriculum frameworks / Rachel Langford -- 8. The investigating quality project: innovative approaches in early childhood education / Alan Pierce and Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw -- 9. Elements of mentoring: two case studies of in-service professional development for early childhood educators / Nina Howe and Ellen Jacobs -- Commentary: reflections on children, curriculum, and teachers / Alan Pence -- Part III: Government involvement -- 10. The Quebec child care system: lessons from research / Christa Japel -- 11. Community-based early child development projects / Ray Dev Peters, Angela Howell-Moneta, and Kelly Petrunka -- 12. Federal investments in strenghening indigenous capacity for culturally based early childhood education and care / Jessica Ball -- 13. Integrated early childhood services in school-as-hub models: lessons from Toronto first duty and Peel best start / Janette Pelletier -- Commentary: Government roles in early childhood education and care in Canada: patchwork, perils, and promise of new directions / Carl Corter -- Postscript: early childhood education and care in Canada / Helen Penn.

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The contributors to this volume demonstrate the pressing need that exists to further public discussion on early childhood education to help policymakers shape better decisions for Canadian families.

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