Beyond Quality in Early Childhood Education and Care: Postmodern Perspectives

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Summary: A must for early childhood educators!
Review: Dahlberg, Moss and Pence have written this scholarly book to call attention to a crisis of thought in early childhood education. The book is meant to provoke critical thinking of all we know about early childhood education and to rally concerned citizens--parents, educators, policitians and community--to critical discussion.

This book explores early childhood philosophies, constructivist thinking, and cites early childhood "experiments" such as Reggio Emilia and the Stockholm Project. It challenges and inspires on a global level.

I read this book first as a graduate school text, then again as a refresher for my own views on early childhood education. It will be read again and again!