ABSTRACT
Understanding the place of religion in Early Childhood Education and Care is of critical importance for the development of cultural literacy and plays a key role in societal coherence and inclusion. This international handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the place of religion in the societal educational arenas of the very youngest children across the globe. Drawing together contributions from leading international experts across disciplinary backgrounds, it offers a critical view of how to approach the complexities around the place of religion in Early Childhood Education and Care.
Through its four parts, the book examines the theoretical, methodological, policy and practice perspectives and explores the complex intersections of transmission of "cultural heritage" and "national values" with the diverse, changing societal contexts. Each chapter contributes to an increased understanding of how the place of religion in Early Childhood Education and Care can be understood across continents, countries and educational systems.
The Routledge International Handbook of the Place of Religion in Early Childhood Education and Care is an essential resource for academics, researchers, students and practitioners working in Early Childhood Education, Sociology of Childhood, Religious Education and other related fields
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|148 pages
Theory
chapter 2|15 pages
The Re-Imagined Other
chapter 3|13 pages
The Interaction of Religion and Culture as a Basis for Religious Education in Early Childhood Education
chapter 5|11 pages
Migrating Meanings and Pedagogical Profanation
chapter 7|10 pages
Children's Right to Religion and Religious Education
chapter 9|13 pages
Religious Education as a Societal Resource in Immigrant Societies
part II|95 pages
Method
chapter 14|16 pages
Religion and Worldviews in Early Childhood Education and Care
chapter 15|19 pages
The Place of Religious and Non-religious Values and Beliefs in Identities of Mothers of Young Children
chapter 17|11 pages
Religious Research in Early Childhood Education and Care in Australia
part III|128 pages
Policy
chapter 20|11 pages
Negotiating Children's Gender and Religiosity
chapter 21|13 pages
A Journey into the Child's Personal Religion
chapter 24|10 pages
Lost in Translation
chapter 25|14 pages
Learning in Non-denominational Post-secular Teaching on Religions for Young Children
chapter 26|10 pages
Understandings of Religion as Culture
chapter 27|11 pages
Ambiguity, Silence and Misalignment
chapter 28|16 pages
Developing Children's Life Orientation in ECEC
part IV|134 pages
Practice