ERIC Number: EJ937386
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Publication Date: 2010
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The Social and Political Construction of Early Childhood Education
Vandenbroeck, Michel; Coussee, Filip; Bradt, Lieve
British Journal of Educational Studies, v58 n2 p139-153 2010
We analyse two foundational social problems regarding early childhood education. The first, in the late nineteenth century, is infant mortality, a social problem that constituted the historical legitimation for the first creches. The second, the prevention of school failure, is very topical today. By analysing these examples in their historicity, taking into account social, political, economical and scientific contexts, it becomes clear that early childhood education can contribute to the individualisation and decontextualisation of social problems. Yet acknowledging this also means opening windows of new opportunities, as far as the construction of social problems remains an open debate in which disagreement rather than consensus is fostered. (Contains 1 figure and 3 notes.)
Descriptors: Social Problems, Early Childhood Education, Infant Mortality, Academic Failure, Politics of Education, Political Influences, Social Influences, Socioeconomic Influences, Educationally Disadvantaged, Prevention, Educational Improvement, Educational Development, Educational History, Scientific Enterprise, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Great Britain)
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