"All the contributors challenge traditional ways of thinking about early childhood. Drawing on many postmodern thinkers such as Foucault, Derrida, Deleuze, Guattari, and Lyotard, they suggest some of the limitations that have emerged from the developmental emphasis that sees children as becoming, rather than being." (CHOICE, March 2009)"Positioning political, feminist, and historical analysis of earlychildhood education within academia has been a hard foughtcampaign. It is now urgently necessary to reflect upon theimplications of the mainstreaming of early childhood in policy andpedagogy. The readings in this monograph provide signposts towardsnew constructions of early childhood education with a fresh framefor advocacy."
-Helen May, University of Otago College of Education
"Opens the door to new ways of imagining philosophy, knowledge,and the new paradigms of theory and research in early childhoodeducation, with different critical perspectives related tophilosophies of knowledge and power. The contributors, leadingresearchers from a variety of countries, illustrate how differentcritical and post-structural philosophical ideas interrogatecurrent policies and practices."
-Marianne Bloch, University of Wisconsin-Madison
-Helen May, University of Otago College of Education
"Opens the door to new ways of imagining philosophy, knowledge,and the new paradigms of theory and research in early childhoodeducation, with different critical perspectives related tophilosophies of knowledge and power. The contributors, leadingresearchers from a variety of countries, illustrate how differentcritical and post-structural philosophical ideas interrogatecurrent policies and practices."
-Marianne Bloch, University of Wisconsin-Madison