TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cameron,Claire
AU  - Cameron,Claire
AU  - Moss,Peter
AU  - Moss,Peter
TI  - Transforming Early Childhood in England: Towards a Democratic Education
SN  - 111.9781787357167
PY  - 2020///
CY  - London
PB  - UCL Press
KW  - Educational strategies & policy
KW  - bicssc
KW  - Philosophy & theory of education
KW  - Abigail Knight
KW  - Alison Clark
KW  - Amanda Ince
KW  - child health
KW  - childcare
KW  - comparative education
KW  - democracy
KW  - democratic education
KW  - Diana Margot Rosenthal
KW  - Diana Sousa
KW  - early childhood
KW  - early years curriculum
KW  - early years policy
KW  - ECEC system
KW  - ECEC workforce
KW  - education
KW  - England
KW  - Eva Lloyd
KW  - families
KW  - Francesca Vaghi
KW  - Georgina Trevor
KW  - Guy Roberts-Holmes
KW  - homelessness
KW  - inequalities
KW  - Julia Brannen
KW  - Kate Cowan
KW  - learning
KW  - Lynn Ang
KW  - Monica Lakhanpaul
KW  - participation
KW  - poverty
KW  - pre-school
KW  - Rebecca OConnell
KW  - Rosie Flewitt
KW  - slow pedagogy
KW  - social justice
KW  - social pedagogy
KW  - Thomas Coram Research Centre
KW  - transformative change
KW  - transforming policy
KW  - welfare
KW  - young children
N1  - Open Access
N2  - Early childhood education and care has been a political priority in England since 1997, when government finally turned its attention to this long-neglected area. Public funding has increased, policy initiatives have proliferated and at each general election political parties aim to outbid each other in their offer to families. Transforming Early Childhood in England: Towards a Democratic Education argues that, despite this attention, the system of early childhood services remains flawed and dysfunctional. National discourse is dominated by the cost and availability of childcare at the expense of holistic education, while a hotchpotch of fragmented provision staffed by a devalued workforce struggles with a culture of targets and measurement. With such deep-rooted problems, early childhood education and care in England is beyond minor improvements. In the context of austerity measures affecting many young families, transformative change is urgent. Transforming Early Childhood in England offers a critical analysis of the current system and proposes change based on young children's universal right to education. The book calls for provision built on democratic principles, where all learning by all children is visible and recognised, educators are trusted and respected, and a calmer approach called 'slow pedagogy' replaces outcomes-driven targets. Combining criticism and hope, and drawing on inspiring research and examples from home and abroad, the book is essential reading for students, educators, practitioners, parents, academics and policymakers - anyone, in fact, who seeks to understand the policy problems for early childhood education and care in England, and see better prospects for the future
UR  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/17ec79aa-8d88-45e7-b66f-a396f4c10cae/9781787357167.pdf
UR  - https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/51784
ER  -