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Book cover image of Nordic Childhoods and Early Education: Philosophy, Research, Policy, and Practice in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden by Johanna Einarsdottir

Authors: Johanna Johanna Einarsdottir (Editor), Judith Judith Wagner (Editor), Einarsdottir Johanna
ISBN-13: 9781593113506, ISBN-10: 1593113501
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Information Age Publishing, Inc.
Date Published: March 2006
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Johanna Einarsdottir

Book Synopsis

In this book, noted Nordic researchers and teacher educators provide insights into early childhood discourses and practices in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. In addition to these insiders' perspectives, an American scholars explore Nordic themes, trends, and practices as they emerge in the book's chapters on such varied topics as Nordic childhoods, children's perspectives, preschool teacher education reforms and developments, transition from preschool to primary school, learning through play, caregiving and instruction.

1	Nordic ideals as reflected in Nordic childhoods and early education	1
2	The making of Nordic childhoods	13
3	Will there be any preschool teachers in the future? : a comment on recent teacher-education reforms in Sweden	43
4	The social game of early childhood education : the case of Norway	71
5	Teaching and learning in preschool and the first years of elementary school in Sweden	101
6	Finnish daycare : caring, education, and instruction	133
7	Between two continents, between two traditions : education and care in Icelandic preschools	159
8	Learning and development in play	183
9	Children's perspectives on their childhood experiences	223
10	Reconceptualizing early childhood education : challenging taken-for-granted ideas	257
11	An outsider's perspective : childhoods and early education in the Nordic countries	289