Nordic Families, Children and Early Childhood Education
Largely as a result of social policies and cultural factors, the Nordic countries continually score high in lifestyle measures, quality of life and children’s outcomes. This book brings together authors from the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden) to share knowledge and u...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Palgrave Macmillan
2019, 2019
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2019 |
| Series: | Studies in Childhood and Youth
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. An Introduction to the Nordic countries: family, children and early childhood education
- 2. Children's Initiatives in the Finnish Early Childhood Education Context
- 3. Do children learn through play? How do we know?
- 4. Practicing Belonging in Kindergarten: Children's use of Places and Artefacts
- 5. Parental involvement in ECEC in Finland and in Sweden
- 6. Negotiating 'real families' in Swedish preschools
- 7. Instructional Strategies in Early Swedish Immersion in Finland
- 8. Children under the age of three in Norwegian childcare: Searching for Qualities
- 9. Systematic quality work in a Swedish context
- 10. Early Childhood Education (ECE) in the Nordic Countries: Universal Challenges to the Danish Model- Towards a Future ECE Paradigm