Global Perspectives on Human Capital in Early Childhood Education

Reconceptualizing Theory, Policy, and Practice
Herausgegeben:Lightfoot-Rueda, Theodora; Peach, Ruth Lynn; Loparo, Kenneth A.

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Produktbeschreibung

Human capital theory, developing children as future workers, shapes thinking about early childhood education policy around the globe. International contributors problematize this thinking and offer alternatives.

Produktdetails

• Critical Cultural Studies of Childhood
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan US / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-137-49085-8
• 1st ed. 2015
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 445g
• ISBN-13: 9781137490858
• ISBN-10: 1137490853
• Artikelnr.: 42457897

Autorenporträt

Vina Adriany, Indonesia University of Education, Indonesia Alejandro Azocar, University of West Alabama-Livingston, USA Sabiha Bilgi, Abant Izzet Baysal University, Turkey Marianne Bloch, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Emma Buchanan, University of Melbourne, Australia Cary Buzzelli, Indiana University, USA Hong-Ju Jun, Paichai University, Korea Janice Kroeger, Kent State University, USA I-Fang Lee, University of Newcastle, Australia. Theodora Lightfoot Rueda, Interdisciplinary Institute for Research in the Social Sciences and Education, USA Zsuzsa Millei, University of Tampere, Finland Ruth Peach, National Louis University, USA Kurniawan Saefullah, Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia Chao-Ling Tseng, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Joseph Zanoni, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: THEORY AND HISTORY OF HUMAN CAPITAL 1. Introduction and Historical
Perspective; Theodora Lightfoot-Rueda and Ruth Lynn Peach 2. Theorizing
Dialogue Among Various Voices in Critical Theory; Joseph Zanoni PART II:
DECONSTRUCTION AND CRITIQUE OF HUMAN CAPITAL AND EDUCATION 3. Governing the
Brain: New Narratives of Human Capital in Australian Early Childhood
Education; Zsuzsa Millei 4. The Instrumentality of Spanish in Early Spanish
Education: Unraveling the Linguistic Masquerade; Alejandro Azocar 5.
"Abilities-Machines": Human Capital Theory and Early Education by Sabiha
Bilgi 6. Human Capital Theory and Shifting Perceptions of Teachers in the
US; Theodora Lightfoot-Rueda 7. Reforming Early Childhood Education as a
Smart Investment for the Future: Stories from East Asia; I-Fang Lee,
Chao-Ling Tseng, and Hong-Ju Jun 8. England's Foundation Stage Child in a
Shifting World: Troubling the Grids of Reasoning of 'Children with
Potential,' 'Normalization' and 'Value-Added' Curriculum; Ruth Lynn Peach
9. Deconstructing Human Capital Discourse in Early Childhood Education in
Indonesia; Vina Adriany and Kurniawan Saefullah PART III: RECONCEPTUALIZING
EDUCATION OUTSIDE OF HUMAN CAPITAL LANGUAGE 10. And You Gotta Believe Me:
When Social Capital and Human Capital Collide; Janice Kroeger 11.
Questioning the Discourses of Human Capital in Early Childhood Education:
Reconceptualizing Theory, Policy and Practice; Emma Buchanan 12. Expanding
the Value of Early Education: The Capabilities Approach as an Alternative
to Human Capital Theory; Cary Buzzelli 13. Concluding and Moving Forward;
Theodora Lightfoot-Rueda and Ruth Lynn Peach