Rethinking Readiness in Early Childhood Education

Ready or Not: Learning and Living; William Ayers 1. A Cultural History of 'Readiness' in Early Childhood Care and Education: Are There Still Culturally Relevant, Ethical, and Imaginative Spaces for Learning Open for Young Children and Their Families?; Marianne N. Bloch and Koeun Kim 2. Ready for School? Lessons from a Socio-historical Investigation into Mechanisms of Preparation and Classification of Children for Primary School from 1911 to 1979; Joanne Lehrer and Robert Bastien 3. Something Isn't Right: Deconstructing Readiness with Parents, Teachers & Children; Lacey Peters, Karen Ortiz, and Elizabeth Swadener 4. The Early Development Instrument: A Bioecological View of School Readiness; Lynn Cohen and Dana E. Friedman 5. "Daddy, Look at the Video I Made on my iPad!": Reconceptualizing 'Readiness' in the Digital Age; Linda Laidlaw, Joanne O'Mara and Suzanna Wong 6. Cracking the Walls of the Education Matrix: Are you Ready to Educate Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students?; Tonia Durden 7. Are You My Dawg?: Socially and Politically Marginalized Children Desiring to be Seen and Valued by Their Teachers; Sheri Leafgren 8. Rethinking the Discourse of Readiness in Preschool; Lori Falchi and Jennifer Weiss Friedman 9. Transition to School: Times of Opportunity, Expectation, Aspiration, and Entitlement; Sue Dockett and Robert Perry 10. "Who They Are and What They Have to Say Matters...": How a Child-Centered Preschool Experience Shapes Children's Navigation of Kindergarten; Susan L. Recchia and Dana Frantz Bentley 11. The Importance of Wonder; Heather Pinedo-Burns 12. Juan, Melina, and Friends: Guides for Reconceptualizing Readiness; Elizabeth P. Quintero 13. Inserting Postmodern Epistemological Perspectives into Discourse on Readiness: Privileging Assets, Capacity Building, and Diversity to Increase Equity; Julie Nicholson, Michelle Grant-Groves, Anne Bauer, and Ristyn Woolley 14. Reimagining Possible Worlds for Young Children; Will Parnell and JeanneMarie Iorio