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EJ441900 PS519210
Title: Introduction to the Special Issue. Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education.Author(s): Swadener, Beth Blue; Kessler, Shirley
Source: Early Education and Development, v2 n2 p85-94 Apr 1991
Publication Date: 1991
ISSN: 1040-8289
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Opinion papers (120)
Journal Announcement: CIJJUL1992
Discusses
the reconceptualist movement in curriculum studies, which advocates
researchers' use of critical, interpretive, feminist, or phenomenological
frameworks to share their work with the early childhood community.
This movement is the focus of this special issue of the journal.
Discusses efforts of the past 20 years to reconceptualize ways to
describe curriculum and education. (LB)
Descriptors: Attitude Change; *Change Strategies; *Child
Development; Cultural Context; *Curriculum Development; Developmental
Psychology; *Early Childhood Education; *Educational Change; *Educational
Philosophy; Feminism; Research Needs; Social Change; Social Influences
