Is the first book examining becoming in relation to children from birth to three-year-olds Provides early childhood educators with an in-depth theoretical understanding of becoming as a concept and how it has been shaped Includes specific chapters on New Zealand, Australia, Finland, Norway and Russia

Autorentext

Eugene Matusov is Professor of Education at the University of Delaware, USA, and Editor-in-Chief of Dialogic Pedagogy: An International Online Journal. He investigates and works with sociocultural and Bakhtinian dialogic approaches to education. Ana Marjanovic-Shane is an Independent Scholar and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Dialogic Pedagogy: An International Online Journal. Her research interests include dialogue, democracy, and drama in education. Mikhail Gradovski is Associate Professor of Social Education at the University of Stavanger, Norway. He teaches and researches using a dialogical approach.

Inhalt
1 Beginning becoming: The first 1000 days.- 2 A geneology of becoming (and being) in the first 1000 days.- 3 Norway: 'Danning' and the Infant: Local conditions for the early formation as persons.- 4 Nga mokopuna kei te haereere: Becoming in Aotearoa curriculum: The first 1000 days.- 5 The Australian Early Years Learning Framework, becoming and children in their first 1000 days.- 6 Finland" Becoming and the youngest children at home and in ECEC.- 7 Becoming during the first 1000 days in Russia.- 8 Conclusion: Discouses and Dreams on becoming.