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Nordic Social Pedagogical Approach to Early Years
This book studies the major characteristics of the social pedagogical approach to early childhood education and care. It does so by investigating the distinctive elements of the Nordic approach and tradition. The cultural, educational, and ideological structures and values within the Nordic tradition indicate a strong “social pedagogical” rather than “early education” emphasis. The Nordic tradition applies a social learning approach that emphasizes play, relationships and outdoor life, and presumes that learning takes place through children’s participation in social interaction and processes. Set against this background, the book examines the characteristics of the pedagogue and the important features that develop through the Nordic approach. It compares children educated in the Nordic tradition with those educated in the French-English and Anglo-American tradition. It explores quality in relation to how children can enjoy childhood, and at the same time become able to actively participate in society and develop the social and cognitive skills and competences that individuals require to do well in society.
Early Childhood Policies and Systems in Eight Countries
This report provides an overview of policy strategies on early childhood education settings (from birth to primary schooling) in eight countries. Data were collected using a policy questionnaire addressed to and completed by the National Research Coordinator(s) (NRC) of Chile, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Italy, Poland, the Russian Federation and the United States. The countries that participated provide interesting illustrations of early childhood education policy in action in a range of diverse contexts. Analysis of the systemic and structural results of ECE policy at national and, where necessary, subnational levels, enables transnational comparisons in policy and systems. Key po...
Advances in Rasch Analyses in the Human Sciences
This volume follows the publication of Rasch Analysis in the Human Sciences. This new book presents additional topics not discussed in the previous volume. It examines key topics such as partial credit analysis of data, common person linking, computing equating constants, investigating discrimination, evaluating dimensionality, how to better utilize Wright Maps, how to design tests and surveys using Rasch theory, and many more. The book includes activities which can be used to practice the theme of each chapter and to test the reader’s understanding of Rasch techniques. Beginning and ending with a conversation between two students, each chapter provides clear step-by-step instructions as t...
The Influence of Theorists and Pioneers on Early Childhood Education
The chapters in this book reflect on the major shifts in the views of early childhood thinkers and educators, who have contributed to contemporary theoretical frameworks pertaining to early childhood learning. The book also revisits and critically analyses the influence of developmental theories on early childhood education, starting in the 1890s with the work of G. Stanley Hall that established the close association of early childhood education and child development. Several chapters comprise critical examinations of the fundamental influence of thinkers such as Piaget, Vygotsky, Kohlberg, Adler, Pestalozzi, Froebel, and so on, on early childhood learning. The book also contends that these theoretical conceptions of child development have heavily influenced modern views of early childhood education. This book is a significant new contribution to early childhood learning, and will be a great resource for academics, researchers, and advanced students of Education, Public Policy, History of Education, Psychology, and Sociology. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the Early Child Development and Care.
Professionspsykologi
Hver person bringer sine unikke erfaringer, følelser og handlemønstre med sig ind i sit arbejde. Den måde, vi arbejder på som professionelle, er med andre ord personlig uanset vores beskæftigelse. Alligevel overses den personlige og psykologiske dimension ofte i forståelsen af den professionelle lærer, pædagog, sygeplejerske eller socialrådgiver. Professionspsykologi introducerer et nyt område og begreb i forskningen om professionerne. Indtil nu er de professionsuddannede ofte blevet fremstillet med et sociologisk blik som en nærmest ensartet gruppe, der skal leve op til nogle bestemte samfundsmæssige krav. Med et psykologisk blik kan vi i stedet forstå dem som personer og profe...
Approaches to Cognition through Text and Discourse
The purpose of this book is to explore the overlapping area of study that discourse linguists and cognitive linguists are interested in. In doing so, the volume contributes to bridging the gap between these two large groups of linguists who share an interest in discourse processing but approach the area from very different perspectives and frames of reference. The starting point of this volume is text and discourse. The book includes an overview section and a number of carefully selected contributions which highlight central issues in the study of text and discourse attempting to give them cognitive explanations. In responding to the current interest in the area of discourse and cognition, t...
Nordic Approaches to Evaluation and Assessment in Early Childhood Education and Care
Available online: https://pub.norden.org/temanord2022-512/ Policy makers, educators, and scholars observe with interest how Nordic countries organise services for the education and care of the youngest children. The ‘Nordic model’ of ECEC has become synonymous with a holistic, children’s rights-based approach to pedagogy, grounded in democratic values. But as societies keep changing, what exactly characterises the ‘Nordic model’ today? Given the diversity between and within countries, are there common principles?We investigated the values and principles that underpin the evaluation of early childhood education and care in five Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden). We found that a ‘Nordic’ approach to evaluation still exists, although it is changing, not least under the influence of wider international developments. An important aspect of the ‘Nordic’ approach is the central role given to the local and municipal context.
Play in a Covid Frame
During the international coronavirus lockdowns of 2020–2021, millions of children, youth, and adults found their usual play areas out of bounds and their friends out of reach. How did the pandemic restrict everyday play and how did the pandemic offer new spaces and new content? This unique collection of essays documents the ways in which communities around the world harnessed play within the limiting frame of Covid-19. Folklorists Anna Beresin and Julia Bishop adopt a multidisciplinary approach to this phenomenon, bringing together the insights of a geographically and demographically diverse range of scholars, practitioners, and community activists. The book begins with a focus on social a...
Køn, kærlighed og seksualitet. Forandringer i et posttraditionelt samfund
Vi lever i et samfund, hvor ingenting er, som det var før. Udviklingen går ekstremt hurtigt, og forandringerne er meget omfattende. Det har indgribende effekt på hele samfundets måde at fungere på, og som med så meget andet har også vores syn på køn, kærlighed og seksualitet forandret sig. I bogen ”Køn, kærlighed og seksualitet”, der udkom første gang i 1999, sætter Birgit Heinskou fokus på de forandringsprocesser og socialpsykologiske mekanismer, der manifesterer sig og udvikler sig i vores såkaldte posttraditionelle samfund med udgangspunkt i den engelske sociolog Anthony Giddens' teorier. Birgit Heinskou (f. 1948) er cand.mag. og har i mange år undervist i psykologi, samfundsfag og dansk på Frederiksborg Gymnasium. Hendes bog "Køn, kærlighed og seksualitet" retter sig netop mod fagene psykologi og samfundsfag på gymnasialt niveau
