The Development of Early Childhood Education in Europe and North America

Historical and Comparative Perspectives
2015. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-44197-3
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 144 mm x 221 mm, Gewicht: 5072 g

The public provision of early childhood education has developed at different rates across individual countries over the past two centuries. This book provides the historical background to explain how these national differences occurred, with particular reference to welfare and educational systems, to highlight how particular influences grew.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Willekens, Harry

Scheiwe, Kirsten

Nawrotzki, Kristen

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Vergleichende und Empirische Bildungsforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Geschichte der Pädagogik, Richtungen in der Pädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Vorschul- und Kindergartenpädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: The Longue Durée: Early Childhood Institutions and Ideas in Flux; Harry Willekens, Kirsten Scheiwe and Kristen Nawrotzki

2. The Spread of Infant School Models in Europe during the First Half of the Nineteenth Century; Jean-Noël Luc

3. Religious Cleavages, the School Struggle and the Development of Early Childhood Education in Belgium, France and the Netherlands; Harry Willekens

4. Development and Diffusion of Early Childhood Education in Italy: Reflections on the Role of the Church from a Historical Perspective (1830-2010); Eva Maria Hohnerlein

5. The Roles of the State and the Church in the Development of Early Childhood Education in Spain (1874-1975); (5) Carmen Sanchidrián

6. From Poverty Relief to Universl Provision: The Changing Grounds for Child Care Policy Reforms in Norway; Arnlaug Leira

7. Split Paths: Early Childhood Education and Care in the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic (1949-1990); Franz-Michael Konrad

8. Saving Money of Saving Children? Nursery Schools in England the USA; Kristen Nawrotzki

9. Towards Early Childhood Education as a Social Right: A Historical and Comparative Perspective; Kirsten Scheiwe

10. Professional Profiles in Early Childhood Education and Care: Continuity and Change in Europe; Pamela Oberhuemer

11. Modernising Early Childhood Education: The Role of German's Women's Movements After 1848 and 1968; Meike S. Baader

12. Women's Activism on Child Care in Italy and Denmark: The 1960s and 1970s; Chiara Bertone

13. Early Education and the Unloved Market of Commercial Child Care in Luxembourg; Michael-Sebastian Honig, Anett Schmitz and Martine Wiltzius

14. Preschool, Child Care and Welfare Reform in the United States; Sonya Michel

15. The History of Kindergarten as New Education: Examples from the United States and Canada, 1890 to 1920; Larry Prochner

Über Autor(innen)

Meike Sophia Baader, University of Hildesheim, Germany Chiara Bertone, University of East Piedmont, Italy Eva-Maria Hohnerlein, Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy, Germany Michael-Sebastian Honig, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg Franz-Michael Konrad, University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany Arnlaug Leira, University of Oslo, Norway Jean-Noël Luc, University of Paris, France Sonya Michel, University of Maryland, USA Kristen Nawrotzki, University of Education, Germany Pamela Oberhuemer, State Institute of Early Childhood Research, Germany Larry Prochner, University of Alberta, Canada Carmen Sanchidrián, University of Málaga, Spain Kirsten Scheiwe, University of Hildesheim, Germany Anett Schmitz, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg Harry Willekens, University of Hildesheim, Germany Martine Wiltzius, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg