Rachel Heydon, Luigi Iannacci

Early Childhood Curricula and the De-Pathologizing of Childhood

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, Rachel M. Heydon and Luigi Iannacci shed light on the ways in which joint notions of normality and abnormality are used to pathologize childhood.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9781442610262
• ISBN-10: 1442610263
• Artikelnr.: 26614572

Autorenporträt

Rachel M. Heydon is an associate professor in the Faculty of Education at Western University. Luigi Iannacci is an assistant professor in the School of Education and Professional Leanring at Trent University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
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
References
Index