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Early childhood curricula and the de-pathologizing of childhood /

"[This book] ... examines what is possible for young children when their education addresses their assets and is organized in ways that expand their identity options. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, Rachel M. Heydon and Luigi Iannacci shed light on the ways in which joint notions of nor...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Heydon, Rachel, 1971-
Other Authors: Iannacci, Luigi, 1970-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 2009, ©2008.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Discourses of risk
  • The biomedical approach to literacy: pathologizing practices within early literacy
  • The pathologizing of culturally and linguistically diverse students in early-years classrooms
  • Pathologizing within special education
  • Communicating with a little help from friends: intergenerational art class as radical, asset-oriented curriculum
  • Asset-oriented approaches to cultural and linguistic diversity in early childhood education
  • Conclusion: talking points to foster asset-oriented practices in childhood and early childhood education.