Based on extensive research in early childhood education and care, this insightful book contributes to a much-needed dialogue between research, theoretical positions and methodologies in values education. Inspiring critical reflection on values education in a variety of early years contexts, it explores how community life encourages ongoing reflection into how values are put into practice, as well as its impact on children, parents and professionals. It offers a significant global perspective for teacher educators and teams of professionals, and calls for policy makers to invest in early childhood education by facing the challenge of conflicting values and goals.
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1 Values education in preschool |
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2 Armchair pedagogy: embodying caring values in a preschool context |
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3 Values education in practice in Danish preschools |
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4 Teaching about fairness in a preschool context |
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5 Narratives: tools for reflection on values |
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6 Preschool educators in the eyes of children: roles and values |
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7 Getting dressed in preschool: values education in daily routines |
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8 Value conflicts as important learning opportunities |
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9 Play in an ethnically diverse preschool: conditions for belonging |
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10 Values of well-being and togetherness in the early childhood education of younger children |
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Dr Eva Johansson is Professor of Education at the Department of Early Childhood Education, University of Stavanger, Norway.
Dr Johanna Einarsdottir is Professor of Early Childhood Education and the Dean of School of Education at the University of Iceland.
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