(Re)theorising more-than-parental involvement in early childhood education and care

This open access book provides a critical, thought-provoking, and stimulating overview of theories applied worldwide to conceptualise collaborations between early childhood education and children's families. The book starts with a critical reflection on the colonial undertones of parental invol...

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Other Authors: Sadownik, Alicja R.,, Višnjić Jevtić, Adrijana,, SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2023.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxi, 203 pages) : illustrations.
Series: International perspectives on early childhood education and development ; v. 40.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Why a (re)theorisation of more-than-parental involvement in ECEC is needed? (Alicja R. Sadownik)
  • Chapter 2. Mapping the theoretical landscape of more-than-parental involvement (Alicja R. Sadownik)
  • Chapter 3. Cultural-historical wholeness approach: critical activity settings of more-than-parental involvement (Alicja R. Sadownik)
  • Chapter 4. Bronfenbrenner: ecology of human development in ecology of collaboration (Alicja R. Sadownik)
  • Chapter 5. Together, we can do more for our children. ECEC's collaboration with families in light of social capital theory (Adrijana Višnjić Jevtić)
  • Chapter 6. Models of family -school partnership: Who is in power when we care for the children we share? (Adrijana Višnjić Jevtić)
  • Chapter 7. Collaboration theory: ECEC leading families to lead their own partnerships with ECEC (Adrijana Višnjić Jevtić)
  • Chapter 8. Parental involvement (mis)recognised by Bourdieu's conceptual toolkit: illusio, doxa, habitus, and capitals (Alicja R. Sadownik)
  • Chapter 9. Theory of practice architectures: Parental involvement through sayings, doings, and relatings (Alicja R. Sadownik)
  • Chapter 10. Theories of discourse (on quality) and narrative inquiry (Alicja R. Sadownik)
  • Chapter 11. Posthumanism: Intra-active entanglements of parental involvement embracing Indigenous ontologies and sustainable being in the world (Alicja R. Sadownik). Chapter 12. (Re)theorization of more-than-parental involvement: New directions and hopes (Alicja R. Sadownik).