Early Childhood and Development Work: Theories, Policies, and Practices

Front Matter ....Pages i-xv
 Patronage, Welfare, Tenders, Private Consultancies and Expert Measurement: What Is Happening in Early Childhood Education and Care  (Helen Penn)....Pages 1-15
 Early Childhood and Children’s Rights: A Critical Perspective  (Anne-Trine Kjørholt)....Pages 17-37
 Perspectivist Challenges for ECD Intervention in Africa  (Robert Serpell)....Pages 39-68
 Early Childhood Education and Care from a Gender Perspective  (Silke Staab)....Pages 69-89
 South Africa: Measuring Up—The Sobambisana Evaluation  (Linda Biersteker, Andy Dawes)....Pages 91-112
 Promoting Indigenous Epistemologies in Early Childhood Development Policy and Practice in Pastoralist Communities in Kenya  (John Teria Ng’asike, Beth Blue Swadener)....Pages 113-132
 Conceptualizing Early Schooling in Pakistan: Perspectives from Teachers and Parents  (Sadaf Shallwani)....Pages 133-152
 Uzbekistan: Implementing ECEC Services in Authoritarian Regimes  (Helen Penn)....Pages 153-164
 ‘The Knowledge Is in Your Ears, in the Stories You Hear from the Grandparents’: Creating Intercultural Dialogue Through Memories of Childhood  (Anne-Trine Kjørholt, Beatrice Matafwali, Mubanga Mofu)....Pages 165-191
 Growing into Music  (Lucy Durán, Helen Penn)....Pages 193-207
 Early Childhood: A Panacea for Intervention? Theories, Approaches and Practices in Development Work  (Helen Penn, Anne-Trine Kjørholt)....Pages 209-223
Back Matter ....Pages 225-227