Description

This text is intended to introduce you, the beginning early childhood educator, to just some of the many historical and comparative aspects of our field.

Table of Contents

• PART 1: HISTORICAL CONTEXTS
• Historical Perspectives on Kindergarten Education in Queensland
  Debbie Gahan
• Here we go ‘round the broombie tree: Aboriginal early childhood realities and experiences in early childhood services
  Karen Martin
• Early Intervention and Diversity Education
  Anne Petriwskyj
• Motherhood, maternalism and early childhood education: historical connections
  Jo Ailwood
• PART 2: COMPARATIVE CONTEXTS
• Comparative Education – Studying Early Childhood Education and Care
  Collette Tayler
• Early childhood education and care across Australia
  Wendy Boyd & Jo Ailwood
• PART 3: CURRENT CONTEXTS
• Contemporary research in early childhood education
  Charlotte Cobb-Moore & Melinda Miller