Debating Childhood and Preschool
A Field Guide to Raising Children, Navigating Pre-K, and Lifting Early Education
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 20 March 2026
- ISBN 9780197808535
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages304 pages
- Size 234x156x20 mm
- Weight 603 g
- Language English 672
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Short description:
This book addresses contemporary debates regarding how to raise young children, the role of caregivers and pre-K outside the home, and how to improve the quality and benefits of these early education options. Practical guidance and review of empirical evidence will help families and practitioners enrich child rearing.
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Investments in young children--by caregivers, educators, and civic leaders--have grown enormously since the late twentieth century. Alongside this trend, deeply human questions have become hotly debated. How do we best nurture young children? Which adults and what settings best foster the early learning and social vitality of our youngest kids?
Debating Childhood and Preschool tackles these essential issues, clarifying the philosophical divides and examining popular beliefs about child-rearing and early education. Bringing five decades of experience--as parent, teacher, and policy activist--Bruce Fuller unpacks the contested ideological roots of child-rearing and how they surface in preschool. He confronts guiding mythologies, such as "learning through play" and "free pre-K will narrow disparities," inviting parents and teachers to question their own assumptions about how we nurture and shape young children. By sharpening philosophical stances and deftly reviewing decades of empirical evidence, Fuller details how families, educators, and policy advocates can fine-tune their essential work in raising the next generation.
It is a rare academic treatise that speaks persuasively beyond the academy. A cleareyed, research-rich guide that cuts through dogma.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Introduction: Defining the Field - Early Education
Chapter 1: Imagining Childhood - Differing Notions of Early Learning
Chapter 2: Raising Kids Right - Competing Tales from Gurus, Scientists, and Advocates
Chapter 3: Nurturing Markets and Institutions
Chapter 4: Raising Preschool Quality - Warm Ties, Rich Activities
--with Rebecca Cheung
Chapter 5: Debating Preschool Benefits
Chapter 6: Playing the Field - Centering on Children
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