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EJ441901 PS519211
Title: Critical Science and the History of Child Development's Influence on Early Education Research.
Author(s): Bloch, Marianne N.
Source: Early Education and Development, v2 n2 p95-108 Apr 1991
Publication Date: 1991
ISSN: 1040-8289
Language: English
Document Type: Information Analysis (070); Journal articles (080)
Journal Announcement: CIJJUL1992
The disciplinary
and institutional history of early childhood education are explored
in an effort to explain the continuing lack of acceptance of critical
science perspectives in the field. The costs of the field's continued
reliance on psychological or child development perspectives are
discussed. (LB)
Descriptors: *Child Development; *Critical Theory; Developmental
Psychology; *Early Childhood Education; Educational Research; *Educational
Sociology; Social History; Trend Analysis
Identifiers: *Historical Background
