Educational Change in International Early Childhood Contexts (eBook, ePUB)

Crossing Borders of Reflection
Redaktion: Kroll, Linda R.; Meier, Daniel R.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Co-published with the Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI), Educational Change in International Early Childhood Contexts: Crossing Borders of Reflection examines the role of teacher reflection in a variety of educational contexts worldwide.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317908388
• Artikelnr.: 42009154

Autorenporträt

Linda R. Kroll is Professor of Early Childhood Education at Mills College. Daniel R. Meier is Professor of Elementary Education at San Francisco State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Joseph Tobin
Acknowledgments
Contributors' Biographies
Introduction
Linda R. Kroll and Daniel R. Meier
PART I: Inquiry, Reflection, and International Early Childhood Education
Chapter 1: Inquiry and Reflection to Promote Social Justice and
International Understanding
Linda R. Kroll
Chapter 2: International Early Childhood Education: Unsettled Issues, New
Possibilities
Daniel R. Meier
PART II: Power of Reflection: The Perspectives of Teachers in
Cross-National Contexts
Chapter 3: Developing Teacher Collaboration along a Global Perspective:
Using Inquiry in a Kenyan Preschool
Trevor Valentino
Chapter 4: Cultural Consciousness: A Chinese Immigrant Teacher's
Understanding of Culture and Culturally Responsive Teaching in the U.S.
Fengyuan Sun
Chapter 5: Learning from Reflection: Lessons Learned From a U.S. Early
Childhood Educator Teaching in Guatemala
Molly Van Houten
PART III: International Views on the Practice of Reflection and Inquiry
Chapter 6: Critical Thinking for Autonomous Citizenship: The Place of
Philosophy for Children in South African Early Childhood Education
Amasa Philip Ndofirepi
Chapter 7: My Past is My Present is My Future: A Bi-Cultural Approach to
Early Years Education in Aotearoa, New Zealand
Lesley Pohio, Adrienne Sansom, and Karen Liley
Chapter 8: Discourse on a Pedagogy of Listening: The Role of Documentation
in Promoting Reflection and Analysis of Learning in Italy and the U.S.
Brenda Fyfe in consultation with Carlina Rinaldi
PART IV: Reflection and Professional Learning and Growth
Chapter 9: Transformations and Tensions in Finnish Early Childhood
Education and Care
Kaisa Kopisto, Laura Salo, Lasse Lipponen and Leena Krokfors
Chapter 10: Education and Professional Development of Japanese Preschool
Teachers
Kyoko Iwatate and Mikiko Tabu
Chapter 11: Reflection Through Story: Strengthening Palestinian Early
Childhood Education
Buad Khales
Epilogue
Linda R. Kroll and Daniel R. Meier
Index