How neoliberal globalization is shaping early childhood education policies in India, China, Singapore, Sri Lanka and the Maldives

A Gupta - Policy Futures in Education, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
In rapidly globalizing systems of schooling around the world, economic considerations have
led to a push to impose neoliberal reforms in the field of education. Under this influence …

Preschool or prep school? Rethinking the role of early years education

L Ang - Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Governments around the world continue to grapple with issues relating to how preschool
services should be delivered, what type of provision is most appropriate, and for what …

Reconceptualising early childhood teachers' responses as political dialogues

F Westbrook - Knowledge Cultures, 2023 - ceeol.com
In this paper, I aim to reconceptualise how early childhood education (ECE) teachers
respond to issues they perceive to be of political concern in everyday interactions. To do so …

The globalization of Teach for America: An analysis of the institutional discourses of Teach for America and Teach for India within local contexts

M Blumenreich, A Gupta - Teaching and Teacher Education, 2015 - Elsevier
Teach for India is an alternative teacher credentialing program in India that is part of Teach
for All, a global organization with strong ties to Teach for America, the American alternative …

[图书][B] Diverse early childhood education policies and practices: Voices and images from five countries in Asia

A Gupta - 2014 - taylorfrancis.com
Diverse Early Childhood Education Policies and Practices explores issues in early
childhood education and teacher preparation in five Asian countries: India, Singapore …

[图书][B] Resisting the kinder-race: Restoring joy to early learning

CP Brown - 2021 - books.google.com
Kindergarten has changed. Many believe that it no longer reflects a nurturing environment
but, instead, has become a race for children to learn skills so they are ready for the …

Revisiting reflective practice in an era of teacher education reform: A self-study of an early childhood teacher education program

S Han, J Blank, IR Berson - Journal of Early Childhood Teacher …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The authors describe a major program reform study of an early childhood teacher education
program in a large, urban, state university in the United States. Over a 4-year period, our …

Travelling inscriptions of neo-liberalism in Nordic early childhood: Repositioning professionals for teaching and learnability

AM Otterstad, HJ Braathe - Global Studies of Childhood, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
This article traces the travelling of neo-liberal learning discourses through and between
international and local political documents and practices. It does so by focusing on …

Civic action and play: Examples from Maori, Aboriginal Australian and Latino communities

JK Adair, L Phillips, J Ritchie… - … The Role of Play in Early …, 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
Using data from an international, comparative study of civic action in preschools in New
Zealand, Australia and the US, we consider some of the types of civic action that are …

Exploring Korean parents' meanings of digital play for young children

PI Dong - Global Studies of Childhood, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
This study is about contemporary Korean parents' social tensions and the cultural meanings
around digital play. Through interviews with 13 middle-class Korean parents, they discussed …