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ERIC Number: EJ673596
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1350-293X
Post-Vygotskian Lenses on Western Early Childhood Education: Moving the Debate Forward.
Fleer, Marilyn
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, v11 n1 p55-67 2003
Discusses the traditional practices and the theories that have been adopted by many early childhood professionals in Australia. Questions the implicit codes of Western schooling, highlighting the ethnocentric framework of early childhood education in many countries. Presents and discusses findings from a study of Australian indigenous families regarding their child's early childhood schooling experience. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Practices, Ethnocentrism, Family School Relationship, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Parent Attitudes, Theories, Western Civilization, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Australia