Educators and community-based professionals are often required to work with children and
families from a range of diverse backgrounds. The second edition of this popular book goes …

This paper will provide an overview of the pedagogical practices we have developed over
several years of teaching early childhood educators at the University of Western Sydney …

Early childhood professionals are often required to work with children and families from a
range of diverse backgrounds. This book goes beyond simplistic definitions of diversity …

Early childhood education does not exist in isolation from the broader world. The political,
social and economic reality that shapes Australian life has a powerful influence on the ways …

This book introduces the inter-disciplinary study of childhood and youth and the multi-
agency practice of professionals who serve the needs of children, young people and their …

The chapter, written by university lecturers based in the United Kingdom, is aimed at
teachers (and child practitioners) who work with children, aged 0–11 years in education and …

This thesis explores how young children perform their social identities in relation to social
class, gender and ethnicity in primary school. In doing so, this study contributes to a growing …

In this chapter, we explore a possible interpretation of what social pedagogy may mean,
when considering issues of diversity in early childhood education. In our view, a social …

THERE IS LITTLE DOUBT that throughout the preschool years children are not only
becoming more aware of themselves and their surroundings but they are also developing …

It is perhaps not an overstatement to declare that the burning question of the 21st century is
how to live with difference. This chapter considers this challenge through an analysis of race …