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Rethinking Early Childhood Education

Edited by Ann Pelo

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Rethinking Early Childhood Education is alive with the conviction that teaching young children involves values and vision. This anthology collects inspiring stories about social justice teaching with young children. Included here is outstanding writing from childcare teachers, early-grade public school teachers, scholars, and parents.

Early childhood is when we develop our core dispositions — the habits of thinking that shape how we live. This book shows how educators can nurture empathy, an ecological consciousness, curiosity, collaboration, and activism in young children. It invites readers to rethink early childhood education, reminding them that it is inseparable from social justice and ecological education.

An outstanding resource for childcare providers, early-grade teachers, as well as teacher education and staff development programs.

October 2008 • Paperback • 256 pages • ISBN 978-0-942961-41-6

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"If you are an educator who upholds the principle of early childhood education's attention to the whole child, then Rethinking Early Childhood Education is for you. The diverse articles give insightful, practical and moving voice to teachers' experiences with children and families and make diversity, equity, inclusion, and preserving the environment integral to a quality early childhood education program."

— Louise Derman-Sparks
Faculty emeritus of Pacific Oaks College and author of Anti-Bias Curriculum: Tools for Empowering Young Children.

"Beautifully weaves together key components for transforming early childhood educators into a leadership force for progressive thinking and teaching. With its range of teacher stories Rethinking Early Childhood Education provokes critical thinking and imaginative classroom practices. There's nothing else quite like this book to fortify early educators for the work before us."

— Margie Carter
Early childhood instructor and co-author of Learning Together with Young Children: A Curriculum Framework for Reflective Teachers.

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