1st Edition

An Interdisciplinary Approach to Early Childhood Education and Care Perspectives from Australia

By Susanne Garvis, Matthew Manning Copyright 2017
160 Pages
by Routledge

166 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

166 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

An Interdisciplinary Approach to Early Childhood Education and Care explores early childhood education and care in Australia from a variety of perspectives, highlighting the complexity of working within the field and the need for a truly interdisciplinary approach. It argues that only a holistic understanding of each perspective will allow a clear future for early childhood education within... Read more

1. Australia and Early Childhood Education and Care

2. Policy Perspectives in Australia

3. Education Perspectives in Australia

4. Economics Perspectives in Australia

5. Developmental Lifecourse Theory Perspectives in Australia

6. Closing the Educational Gap between Mainstream and Indigenous Children

7. Where to next for Early Childhood? The Importance of an Inter-disciplinary Approach

Biography

Susanne Garvis is Professor of Child and Youth Studies at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Matthew Manning is Senior Lecturer in the ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods, Australian National University, Australia.