Rethinking Learning in Early Childhood Education

by Yelland, Nicola; Lee, Libby; O'Rourke, Maureen; Harrison, Cathie

• ISBN13: 9780335228812
• ISBN10: 033522881X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-08-01
• Publisher: Open University Press

Summary

This exciting book considers the nature of young children's lives and how this can, and should, inform early childhood education in practical ways. It examines:

Author Biography

Nicola Yelland is Professor of Education in the School of Education at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia.

..Libby Lee is Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Education at Murdoch University in Perth, Western Australia.

..Maureen O'Rourke is Executive Director of EdPartnerships International and has taught in higher education, pre-school, primary, secondary and specialist schools.

..Cathie Harrison is Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Education at the Australian Catholic University in Sydney, Australia.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vii
About the authors	p. viii
New millennium learners	p. 1
Collective inquiry and a partnerships approach to change in education	p. 12
Becoming multiliterate in contemporary times	p. 28
Multimodality	p. 46
Connecting with identities for enhanced learning	p. 82
Engaging with diversity	p. 107
Portraits, pedagogies and pathways	p. 131
Pathways to the future	p. 146
Multiliteracies pedagogical framework	p. 153
Planning the multiliteracies pathway	p. 158
References	p. 160
Index	p. 171
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