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Recent perspectives on early childhood education and care in Canada / edited by Nina Howe and Larry Prochner.

Howe, Nina, 1951- (Added Author). Prochner, Larry, 1956- (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9781442613317 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9781442645202 (bound)
ISBN: 1442645202 (bound)
ISBN: 1442613319 (pbk.)
Physical Description: x, 446 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Early childhood education and care in Canada in the 50s and 60s : retrenchment and renewal / Larry Prochner & Lynne Robertson -- Provision, policy and politics in early childhood education and care in Canada / Martha Friendly -- The economics of early childhood education and care in Canada / Gordon Cleveland -- Child care regulations regarding training and curriculum in Canada / Ellen Jacobs & Emmanuelle Adrien --

Revisioning multiculturalism in early childhood education in Canada / Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw and Judith K. Bernhard -- Intergenerational learning programming from a curriculum studies' perspective : new directions, new possibilities / Rachel M. Heydon -- Innovations in provincial early learning curriculum frameworks in Canada / Rachel Langford -- The investigating quality project : innovative approaches in early childhood education / Alan Pence and Veronica Pacini-Katchabaw -- Elements of mentoring : a case study in-service professional development or early childhood educators / Nina Howe and Ellen Jacobs --

The Québec child care system : lessons from research / Christa Japel -- Community-based early childhood development projects in Canada / Ray DeV. Peters, Angela Howell-Monet, and Kelly Petrunka -- Federal investments in strengthening indigenous capacity for culturally-based early childhood education and care in Canada / Jessica Ball -- Integrated early childhood services in school-as-hub models : lessons from Toronto First Duty and Peel Best Start / Janette Pelletier -- Commentary: Government roles in early childhood education and care in Canada : patchwork, perils promise of new directions / Carl Corter.