Early Childhood Education

This groundbreaking new series will fill a long-felt need in the availability of essential classical readings which were responsible for setting the agenda for the study of early childhood education, and offers instead alternative narratives of an area that is now made up of a multitude of perspectives and debates. All the early texts included in the series have, in one way or the other, contributed towards making the subject into the specialization it is today, and for this reason these books are recognized as indispensable readings in the filed of childhood education. The series will examine the possibilities and risks arising from the accelerated development of early childhood education, and illustrates how it has become increasingly steeped in regulation and control. Insight-fully, this collection of books will each show how early childhood education can in fact contribute to a more healthy and democratic development of the child.

The reader can benefit from the experiences of these highly qualified and respected authors to help captivate and inspire the children in the early years of their education.