Democratic Policies and Practices in Early Childhood Education: An Aotearoa New Zealand Case Study

by Linda Mitchell

This book uses case studies of Aotearoa New Zealand policy formulation and practice to explore early childhood education and care (ECEC) as a site for democratic citizenship and social justice. Addressing fundamental questions about the purpose of education, it argues for explicit values focusing on children and childhood as a basis for ECEC policy to replace discourses of economic investment and child vulnerability that are dominant within policy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811346860
• ISBN13: 9789811346866
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"