The Politics of Early Childhood Education

Contents: Peter McLaren: Foreword - Lourdes Diáz Soto: Introduction - Marianne N. Bloch/Thomas S. Popkewitz: Constructing the Parent, Teacher, and Child: Discourses of Development - Sally Lubeck/Jackie Post: Creating a Head Start Community of Practice - Shirley A. Kessler/Mary Hauser: Critical Pedagogy and the Politics of Play - Joe L. Kincheloe: Certifying the Damage: Mainstream Educational Psychology and the Oppression of Children - Glenda MacNaughton/Patrick Hughes: Take the Money and Run?: Toys, Consumerism and Capitalism in Early Childhood Conferences - Henry A. Giroux: Are Disney Movies Good for Your Kids? - Beth Blue Swadener: «At Risk» or «At Promise»? From Deficit Constructions of the «Other Childhood» to Possibilities for Authentic Alliances with Children and Families - Nila M. Rinehart: Native American Perspectives: Connected to One Another and to the Greater Universe - Hedy Nai-Lin Chang/Amy Muckelroy/Dora Pulido-Tobiassen/Carol Dowell: Redefining Childcare and Early Education in a Diverse Society: Dialogue and Reflection - Janice A. Jipson: The Stealing of Wonderful Ideas: The Politics of Imposition and Representation in Research on Early Childhood - J. Amos Hatch: Introducing Postmodern Thought in a Thoroughly Modern University - Lourdes Diáz Soto: An Early Childhood Dreamspace of Social Justice and Equity.

The Editor: Coordinator of the Bilingual/Multicultural Education Program, Lourdes Diaz Soto has taught diverse early childhood, elementary, secondary, and university students since 1970 in New York, Florida, Puerto Rico, and Pennsylvania. She has authored numerous research articles and book chapters, received a Spencer Grant, and is the author of Language, Culture and Power: Bilingual Families and the Struggle for Quality Education. Her most recent work has examined issues of equity and social justice. She serves on the Professional Development Panel, chairs the Bilingual Caucus, and is a governing board candidate for the National Association for the Education of Young Children. She is past president of the Pennsylvania Association for Bilingual Education, and past chair of the Early Childhood Special Interest Group of the National Association for Bilingual Education.