Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: Dominant Discourses, Alternative Narratives, and Resistance Movements
Narratives, Dominant Discourses, and Alternatives
Two Dominant Discourses in Early Childhood Education
Market Story
A story of quality and high returns
Neoliberalism: The Big Story
Confronting the Dominant Discourse
Meet the Resistance Movement
Questions

Chapter 2: The Importance of Paradigms
What is a paradigm?
Positivism and post-fundamentalism
positivism
post-fundamentalism
A short note
Early Childhood Education and Paradigm
Meeting beyond paradigm separation
Questions

Chapter 3: First Practice: Politics and Ethics
What is the first practice in early childhood education?
The Importance of Ethical Practice
Postmodern ethics
ethics of care
The ethics of encounter
Some common themes
Multidimensional discussions
Questions

Chapter 4: Reggio Emilia: A Story of Democracy, Experimentation, and Potential
Why is Reggio Emilia important?
The Politics of Early Childhood Education in Reggio Emilia
What does it mean to learn, and what pedagogy are we engaging with?
What is the fundamental value of education?
What is the image of a teacher?
What is the image of early childhood education institutions?
Reggio Emilia: Vocabulary, Paradigms, and Situational Conditions
vocabulary
paradigm
Situational conditions
Questions

Chapter 5: Michel Foucault: Power, Knowledge, and Truth
Power, knowledge, truth
Disciplinary power
sovereignty
What can we do
Implementing Foucault in Early Childhood Education: Two Case Studies
Case 1: Questioning My Right to Know My Child
Case 2: Reimagining a New Vision
Questions

Chapter 6: Gilles Deleuze: Thought, Movement, and (More) Experimentation
Think differently and in a new way
New concepts and new language
Power and Micropolitics
Does Deleuze's philosophy sound an alarm?
Making Deleuze work
Magical moments at kindergarten
Working with Deleuze in Early Childhood Education: A Conversation with Olson
Questions

Chapter 7: Posthumanism and Posthuman Children
And the pedagogy of internal workings
Humanism and its problems
Material Turn and Posthumanism
Notes on Agency and Choice
Posthuman Children
Internal workings pedagogy
Implementing Posthumanism in Early Childhood Education: Two Case Studies
Case 1: Sticks, Guns, and Dolls
Case 2: Childhood in a Natural-Cultural Common World
Questions

Chapter 8: What's next?
There's more to talk about
The next place for you is
Fear, hope, and many tasks to be done
Questions

References
Look up terms
Translator's Note

Challenging the dominant discourse in the field of early childhood education
Alternative narratives and diverse perspectives!
And about the future of early childhood education
Serious considerations and alternatives!

Drawing on material published in his groundbreaking Contesting Early Childhood series, Peter Morse introduces readers to a range of philosophies and ideas that challenge mainstream approaches to early childhood education.
In addition, it provides a wealth of case studies detailing how new thinking is put into practice in the field.
The key topics are:

● Dominant discourses in the field of early childhood education today and the meaning of 'dominant discourse'
Why politics and ethics should be the starting point in early childhood education
● An example of an alternative narrative, Reggio Emilia
● Philosophers such as Michel Foucault and Gilles Deleuze, and posthumanism

New theoretical approaches and their relevance to early childhood education
This book can be said to be a guide for beginners who want to re-read early childhood education from a critical perspective.
I hope this can serve as a bridge, allowing you to step outside your comfort zone and encounter new ways of thinking about and practicing early childhood education.


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