Phillips, Louise, Ritchie, Jenny, Dynevor, Lavina, Lambert, Jared, and Moroney, Kerryn (2019) Young children’s community building in action: embodied, emplaced and relational citizenship. Contesting Early Childhood . Routledge, Abingdon, Oxford, GBR.

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Abstract

Rethinking the concepts of citizenship and community in relation to young children, this groundbreaking text examines the ways in which indigenous understandings and practices applied in early childhood settings in Australia and New Zealand encourage young children to demonstrate their care and concern for others and so, in turn, perceive themselves as part of a larger community.

Young Children’s Community Building in Action acknowledges global variations in the meanings of early childhood education, of citizenship and community building, and challenges widespread invisibility and disregard of Indigenous communities. Through close observation and examination of early years settings in Australia and New Zealand, chapters demonstrate how practices guided by Aboriginal and Māori values support and nurture children’s personal and social development as individuals, and as citizens in a wider community. Exploring what young children’s citizenship learning and action looks like in practice, and how this may vary within and across communities, the book provides a powerful account of effective pedagogical approaches which have been long excluded from mainstream dialogues.

Written for researchers and students of early childhood education and care, this book provides insight into what citizenship can be for young children, and how Indigenous cultural values shape ways of knowing, being, doing and relating.

Item ID:	59033
Item Type:	Book (Research - A1)
ISBN:	978-1-138-36966-5
Keywords:	young children, citizenship, Indigenous knowledges
Copyright Information:	© 2020 Louise Gwenneth Phillips, Jenny Ritchie, Lavina Dynevor, Jared Lambert and Kerryn Moroney. All rights reserved.
Funders:	Spencer Foundation
Projects and Grants:	Spencer Foundation New Civics Initiative Major Grant
Date Deposited:	14 Aug 2019 00:13
FoR Codes:	39 EDUCATION > 3901 Curriculum and pedagogy > 390199 Curriculum and pedagogy not elsewhere classified @ 25% 39 EDUCATION > 3903 Education systems > 390302 Early childhood education @ 50% 39 EDUCATION > 3902 Education policy, sociology and philosophy > 390203 Sociology of education @ 25%
SEO Codes:	93 EDUCATION AND TRAINING > 9399 Other Education and Training > 939901 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education @ 30% 93 EDUCATION AND TRAINING > 9302 Teaching and Instruction > 930201 Pedagogy @ 40% 93 EDUCATION AND TRAINING > 9399 Other Education and Training > 939905 Maori Education @ 30%
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