1st Edition
In Search of Social Justice John Bennett's Lifetime Contribution to Early Childhood Policy and Practice
Preface
Chapter One: Early Childhood Education and Care:where so much begins - Nóirín Hayes and Mathias Urban
Chapter Two: Improving policies for young children through comparison and peer review - Michelle J. Neuman
Chapter Three: Education – a fundamental human right from birth - Eva Jespersen and Marta Santos Pais
Chapter Four: ‘To aspire toward ECEC systems that support broad learning, participation and democracy’: reflections on John Bennett’s final words on Starting Strong - Peter Moss
Chapter Five: Social equity and the case of Australia’s Early Childhood Education and Care system reform - Collette Tayler
Chapter Six: The life of a polymath: shared threads of thinking and action - Professor Tony Bertram and Professor Chris Pascal
Chapter Seven: Straggling behind: participation of Roma children and employment of Roma staff in Early Childhood Education and Care in Europe - Sarah Klaus
Chapter Eight: Learning from John to inform the future development of Early Years services in Ireland - Denise Mc Cormilla
Chapter Nine: Start(ing) Strong’s vision – ECEC in Ireland - Ciairín de Buis and Toby Wolfe
Chapter Ten: Unexpected meeting, lasting impact - Colette Murray
Chapter Eleven: Gentle, passionate, and most of all persistent: John Bennett’s Influence on European Union ECEC Policy - Mathias Urban
Chapter Twelve: Much has been achieved – but now is not the time for complacency - Mathias Urban and Nóirín Hayes
Index
Biography
Professor Nóirín Hayes is Professor Emerita, Dublin Institute of Technology and Visiting Professor, Trinity College Dublin.
Dr Mathias Urban is Desmond Chair of Early Childhood Education and Director of the Early Childhood Research Centre at the Institute of Education, Dublin City University.
