Cultures in Mind: Quality, Values, Standards, and Practices in ECEC in Denmark and the United States

Autor/inn/en	Ringsmose, Charlotte; Duncan-Bendix, Jennifer; Nielsen, Heidi Vikkelsø
Titel	Cultures in Mind: Quality, Values, Standards, and Practices in ECEC in Denmark and the United States
Quelle	In: Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 36 (2022) 4, S.541-560 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ringsmose, Charlotte)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0256-8543
DOI	10.1080/02568543.2021.2017081
Schlagwörter	Early Childhood Education; Comparative Education; Foreign Countries; Practicums; Study Abroad; Undergraduate Students; Teacher Education Programs; North Americans; Cultural Differences; Educational Practices; Preschool Teachers; Preschool Children; Student Attitudes; Dialogs (Language); Educational Quality; Standards; Rating Scales; Educational Philosophy; Child Care; Child Development; Exchange Programs; School Readiness; Caring; Play; Educational Environment; Denmark; United States; Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Ausland; Practicum; Praktikum; Praktika; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Kultureller Unterschied; Bildungspraxis; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Schülerverhalten; Dialog; Dialogs; Dialogue; Dialogues; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Standard; Rating-Skala; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Kindesentwicklung; Exchange programme; Exchange program; Exchange programmes; Austauschprogramm; Readiness for school; School ability; Schulreife; Care; Pflege; Sorge; Betreuung; Spiel; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Dänemark; USA
Abstract	Since 2002, university students from the United States have had the opportunity to enroll in practicum experiences in Denmark while studying abroad. The dilemmas raised by the American students in practicum in Denmark provide a unique window through which to view pedagogical practices from different cultural perspectives. The students are able to observe and experience critical aspects of daily life in Danish institutions for children and staff from within the institutions themselves. By looking through the lenses of a different ECEC tradition (the U.S. preschool tradition) as "cultural outsiders," the students provide us with a cross-cultural dialogue about educational practices. They take us into critical dialogs about overall cultural questions concerning the goals of early childhood, and how each of the choices made (by governments, institutions, staff) bring us closer to or further away from our goals. These discussions reflect the larger question about education: "Do we measure what we value, or do we value what we measure?,"Instead of one universal answer to the question, "What is good education?," the importance of asking the question instead comes from the explicit discussions that we (professionals, or even society in general) have about our values, standards, and practices. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01