Early Childhood Education in Germany: Exploring Historical Developments and Theoretical Issues

ISBN-13: 9781032068350 / Angielski

Bianca Bloch; Melanie Kuhn; Marc Schulz

Opis

This book draws on the perspectives of leading German scholars to provide a systematic overview of early childhood education and care (ECEC) in Germany, furthering international understanding of the complexities involved in ECEC topics in Germany.

The book provides a unique insight into parts of German ECEC rarely seen outside of the country. Offering in-depth insights into historical developments, theoretical approaches and empirical research, the volume discusses Germany’s long tradition in ECEC against the backdrop of Froebel and other pedagogues and traditions. Chapters consider ECEC in Germany from the perspectives of theory, institutions and professionalization. The book draws on international literature and current debates to highlight the features and peculiarities of ECEC in Germany, contributing to dialogue on research into early childhood education and care.

Providing a much-needed, internationally relevant insight into ECEC in Germany, this text will be essential reading for academics, researchers and post-graduate students involved in the field of early childhood education, international education, educational theory, and those researching educational policy and politics more widely.

Spis treści

1. Introduction and Structure of the Edited Volume
   Bianca Bloch, Melanie Kuhn, Marc Schulz, Wilfried Smidt, and Ursula Stenger

Part 1: Framings

2. The Matrix of the Academic ECEC Discourse
   Ursula Stenger, Melanie Kuhn, Marc Schulz, Bianca Bloch, and Wilfried Smidt
3. Historical Development and Current Frameworks
   Marc Schulz, Melanie Kuhn, Bianca Bloch, Wilfried Smidt, and Ursula Stenger

Part 2: Theoretical Perspectives

4. Shifts between Education, Upbringing and Childcare. On the Transformation of Basic Concepts of Early Childhood Pedagogy in the Professional Discourse of Germany
   Cornelie Dietrich & Claus Stieve
5. Paradigms of Childhood in Early Childhood Education
   Roswitha Staege & Elmar Drieschner
6. Phenomena: Play and Learning
   Oktay Bilgi & Ursula Stenger
7. Didactics in Institutions of ECEC – a Critical Review
   Dagmar Kasüschke & Florian Frank
8. Difference and Early Childhood Education in Germany. Qualitative Research and Educational Programme
   Claudia Machold & Raphael Bak

Part 3: Institutions and Actors

9. The German ECEC System: Governance Structure, Policies, and Constitutive Norms
   Nicole Klinkhammer & Antonia Scholz
10. Child and Childhood
    Dominik Farrenberg
11. Families and Parenthood
    Melanie Kubandt & Dominik Krinninger
12. Primary School in Relation to Kindergarten
    Karin Kämpfe & Britta Menzel

Part 4: Professionalization

13. The Professionalization Discourse in German Early Childhood Education and Care and its Social Scientific References
    Peter Cloos & Stefan Faas
14. Competence Orientation as a Key Concept in Professionalization and Quality Development Processes
    Iris Nentwig-Gesemann & Klaus Fröhlich-Gildhoff
15. Action Amid Contradictions – Research Perspectives on Areas of Tension within Professional ECEC Practice in Germany
    Stefanie Bischoff-Pabst & Peter Cloos
16. Evidence- and Efficiency-Based Models of Professionalisation – How do they Contribute to Improving Early Childhood Education?
    Tina Friederich & Regine Schelle

O autorze

Bianca Bloch is Research Associate and Doctoral Candidate at the Department of Childhood Education at Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany.

Melanie Kuhn is Professor of Educational Science with a main emphasis on education and inequality at the Heidelberg University of Education, Germany.

Marc Schulz is a Full Professor of sociology of childhood and family at TH Köln/University of Applied Sciences, Germany.

Wilfried Smidt is a Full Professor of Educational Science with a Main Focus on Early Childhood Education at the University of Innsbruck, Austria.

Ursula Stenger is Professor of Educational Science, with a focus on early childhood education and family at the University of Cologne, Germany.