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Sociology and Social Policy in Early Education and Care
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By: Emma Zara O'Brien
Publisher: Boru Press Ltd
Published: July 2025
Pages: 288
Categories: Non-Fiction, Society
Language: English
Available as: Ebook
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ISBN-13: 9781738454594

A comprehensive overview of sociology and its importance to the field of ECE, revealing how a child is shaped and impacted, both positively and negatively, within and by their society. Introduces many of the fundamentals of sociology: how sociology is defined; the sociological perspective; and the core concepts and dominant perspectives in sociology Explains sociology of ECE concepts such as understanding learning, pedagogy and care and how these are embedded within, and reflective of, a society’s culture, values and policies Examines how we understand children’s learning, its function and how more traditional ideas are being challenged in the transition to more ‘child as an agent in their own learning’ understandings Introduces concepts such as culture, the family and health with reference to ECE as well as inequality and social issues in society and their implications for ECE Defines the perspectives of social constructionism, social structuralism, ethnography and the child standpoint approach Discusses the issue of ‘agency’ against the backdrop of the UNCRC and a ‘rights vs needs’ approach

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