Early Years Education and Care in Canada: Engaging with the Past, the Present, and Future Possibilities

Timely and thoroughly updated, the second edition of Early Years Education and Care in Canada explores the histories, philosophies, theories, and approaches that have shaped the ways that we teach and care for children in Canada. Featuring multiple voices and first-hand experiences in the field, contributions from Canadian academics and practitioners engage in theoretical and practical discussions on early childhood education and care. The new edition of this volume continues to provide readers with a map of the theoretical landscape of early years practice and research and explores newly added topics including common worlds pedagogies, reclaiming Indigenous family systems, supporting Black flourishing in early childhood education and care, critical feminist examination of play, and lived experiences of registered early childhood educators and the Early Childhood Education and Care system. Readers will explore where we have been, where we are, and where we might go in practice and research related to children and families, making this a fundamental resource for all students, practitioners, and policymakers in early childhood education and care.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledging the Land List of Figures, Photos, and Tables Preface: Engaging with the Past and Present to Imagine Possibilities in the Early Years Chapter 1: Awāsisīwiwin: Early Childhood Education and Indigenous Ways of Knowing Chapter 2: Spirituality of Play Chapter 3: The Right to Education and the Child Chapter 4: Holistic Education: Teaching and Learning, Planning and Reflecting with the Whole Child in Mind Chapter 5: Experiencing Education in the Early Years Chapter 6: The Great Debate Applied to Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP): Moving beyond Dichotomies in the Early Years Chapter 7: Children's Rights: Raising Awareness amongst Professionals Working with and for Children Chapter 8: Children in Society—Thinking Sociologically about Children and Childhood in a Canadian Context Chapter 9: Thinking and Doing Otherwise: Reconceptualist Contributions to Early Childhood Education and Care Chapter 10: Working Collectively with Commoning, Worlding, and Inheriting in Early Childhood Education in Canada: Common Worlds Pedagogies Chapter 11: Empathy and Rubber Sushi Are Not Enough: How Disability Can Help Us Get to Social Justice Chapter 12: Walking with the Tikanaagan: Reclaiming Indigenous Family Systems Chapter 13: Supporting Black Flourishing in ECEC: Lessons on Black Theory and Resistance Chapter 14: A Critical Feminist Examination of Play in Early Childhood Education and Care Chapter 15: There Are Relationships beyond the Classroom: A Nature Kindergarten Chapter 16: Are you okay? RECE Experiences of the Ontario-Canada Wide Early Learning and Child Care Plan Contributor Biographies