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Early Childhood Education in Germany: Exploring Historical Developments and Theoretical Issues book cover

1st Edition

Early Childhood Education in Germany Exploring Historical Developments and Theoretical Issues

Edited By Bianca Bloch, Melanie Kuhn, Marc Schulz, Wilfried Smidt, Ursula Stenger Copyright 2022
288 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

288 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

288 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book draws on the perspectives of leading German scholars to provide a systematic overview of early childhood education and care (ECEC) in Germany, furthering international understanding of the complexities involved in ECEC topics in Germany. The book provides a unique insight into parts of German ECEC rarely seen outside of the country. Offering in-depth insights into historical... Read more
  1. Introduction and Structure of the Edited Volume
    Bianca Bloch, Melanie Kuhn, Marc Schulz, Wilfried Smidt, and Ursula Stenger

    2. Part 1: Framings

  2. The Matrix of the Academic ECEC Discourse
    Ursula Stenger, Melanie Kuhn, Marc Schulz, Bianca Bloch, and Wilfried Smidt

    3.

  3. Historical Development and Current Frameworks
    Marc Schulz, Melanie Kuhn, Bianca Bloch, Wilfried Smidt, and Ursula Stenger

    4.

    Part 2: Theoretical Perspectives

  4. Shifts between Education, Upbringing and Childcare. On the Transformation of Basic Concepts of Early Childhood Pedagogy in the Professional Discourse of Germany
    Cornelie Dietrich & Claus Stieve

    5.

  5. Paradigms of Childhood in Early Childhood Education
    Roswitha Staege & Elmar Drieschner

    6.

  6. Phenomena: Play and Learning
    Oktay Bilgi & Ursula Stenger

    7.

  7. Didactics in Institutions of ECEC – a Critical Review
    Dagmar Kasüschke & Florian Frank

    8.

  8. Difference and Early Childhood Education in Germany. Qualitative Research and Educational Programme
    Claudia Machold & Raphael Bak

    9.

    Part 3: Institutions and Actors

  9. The German ECEC System: Governance Structure, Policies, and Constitutive Norms
    Nicole Klinkhammer & Antonia Scholz

  10. Child and Childhood
    Dominik Farrenberg

  11. Families and Parenthood
    Melanie Kubandt & Dominik Krinninger

    12.

  12. Primary School in Relation to Kindergarten
    Karin Kämpfe & Britta Menzel

    13.

    Part 4: Professionalization

  13. The Professionalization Discourse in German Early Childhood Education and Care and its Social Scientific References
    Peter Cloos & Stefan Faas

  14. Competence Orientation as a Key Concept in Professionalization and Quality Development Processes
    Iris Nentwig-Gesemann & Klaus Fröhlich-Gildhoff

    15.

  15. Action Amid Contradictions – Research Perspectives on Areas of Tension within Professional ECEC Practice in Germany
    Stefanie Bischoff-Pabst & Peter Cloos

    16.

  16. Evidence- and Efficiency-Based Models of Professionalisation – How do they Contribute to Improving Early Childhood Education?
    Tina Friederich & Regine Schelle

Biography

Bianca Bloch is Research Associate and Doctoral Candidate at the Department of Childhood Education at Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany.

Melanie Kuhn is Professor of Educational Science with a main emphasis on education and inequality at the Heidelberg University of Education, Germany.

Marc Schulz is a Full Professor of sociology of childhood and family at TH Köln/University of Applied Sciences, Germany.

Wilfried Smidt is a Full Professor of Educational Science with a Main Focus on Early Childhood Education at the University of Innsbruck, Austria.

Ursula Stenger is Professor of Educational Science, with a focus on early childhood education and family at the University of Cologne, Germany.

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