Description
This unique book brings together international scholars from around the globe to examine how different feminist theories are being used in early childhood research, policy and pedagogy. The array of feminist discourses captured by the authors offer contextualised possibilities for disrupting dominant patriarchal beliefs and producing change. The authors address and challenge how early childhood experiences, institutions and practices produce gendered effects across and within diverse contexts and demonstrate how feminism(s) in action can be used to reconceptualise research methods, government policy, children’s learning, teaching practice and educational resources. In this way, the book contributes to creating new knowledge connections and community alliances in the global effort to end gender-based inequalities across local and global communities.
Table of Contents
Foreword.- Chapter 1 Introduction.- Section I: Feminism(s) reconceptualising histories.- Chapter 2 Feminism and the Development of Early Childhood Education in Australia.- Chapter 3 The Didgeridoo, and Instrument of Oppression or Decolonisation?.- Chapter 4 Celebrating Pioneering and Contemporary Feminist Approaches to the Study of Gender in Early Childhood.- Chapter 5 Black Feminist Thought in Early Childhood Studies: (Re)Centering Marginalized Feminist Perspectives.- Section II: Feminism(s) reconceptualising institutions.- Chapter 6 The Entangled Enlivening of Being: Feminist Research Strategies in the Early Years.- Chapter 7 Enhancing Feminism and Childhoods in Kenya through Stronger Education Policy, Access and Action.- Chapter 8 What's wrong with Equality? Developing a Critical Conceptual Understanding of Equality of condition in Early Childhood Education and Care.- Chapter 9 Love and the Nuclear Family in the Kindergarten: Critical Analyses of Heteronormativities.- SectionIII: Feminism(s) reconceptualising practice.- Chapter 10 Time and Relationship: Paternal and Maternal Tensions in Teacher Narratives.- Chapter 11 Engaging with Feminist Poststructuralism to inform Gender Equity Practice in Early Childhood Classrooms in Pakistan.- Chapter 12 Feminism and Early Childhood Education in Indonesia: Teachers' Reflections.- Chapter 13 Gender Identities in the Australian Early Years Learning Framework.- Chapter 14 Are we there yet? Gender Equity Journeys in Early Childhood Practice.
