Developmental Fossils--Unearthing the Artefacts of Early Childhood Education: The Reification of "Child Development"

Autor/in	Fleer, Marilyn
Titel	Developmental Fossils--Unearthing the Artefacts of Early Childhood Education: The Reification of "Child Development"
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 30 (2005) 2, S.2-7 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0312-5033
Schlagwörter	World Views; Early Childhood Education; Foreign Countries; Child Development; Educational Practices; Vocabulary; Culturally Relevant Education; Debate; Educational Principles; Educational Philosophy; Educational Psychology; Comparative Education; Australia; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? World view; Weltanschauung; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Ausland; Kindesentwicklung; Bildungspraxis; Wortschatz; Debating; Streitgespräch; Bildungsprinzip; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Erziehungspsychologie; Pädagogische Psychologie; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Australien; Neuseeland
Abstract	In recent years sociocultural theory has provided an important conceptual tool for re-thinking many practices in early childhood education (e.g. Anning, Cullen & Fleer, 2004; Edwards, 2001; Edwards, 2003). While much has been gained, many taken-for-granted practices still remain in need of critique. Although the term "Child Development" has been debated in the past (see collection of papers in Fleer, 1995; Keesing-Styles & Hedges, in press; Lubeck, 1996; 1998), we have not seen the emergence of a new approach or world view to replace it. Ten years have passed, and we still find national materials which foreground Western middle-class notions of development (e.g. Responses to the National Agenda for Early Childhood, Australian Government, 2003). This paper seeks to stimulate debate within Australia and New Zealand around the term "Child Development". Responses are invited so that the historical and cultural legacy of that term can be examined and a new term introduced which recognises our culturally and linguistically diverse communities. It is through public debate that we can as a scholarly community build new terminology to name and make visible new thinking. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10