Challenging Democracy in Early Childhood Education
Engagement in Changing Global Contexts
Challenging Democracy in Early Childhood Education
Engagement in Changing Global Contexts
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This book explores how concepts and values of contemporary democracy are variously understood and applied in diverse cultural contexts, with a focus on children and childhood and diversity.
Professor Valerie Margrain has worked in education in New Zealand, Australia and Sweden, Her work at Karlstad University is in the area of Pedagogical Work, with a special focus on teacher education, young children, and early childhood education. She also has experience in early childhood and primary teaching, research, teacher education, higher degree teaching and research supervision. She received a Good practice in Assessment academic award from ACU, and an award for innovation in online teaching from Massey University, New Zealand. Professor Margrain’s research and teaching centres around strength-based assessment in the early years. She is an advocate for marginalised or misunderstood children and families, including those with disabilities and gifted children. Her research has included a wide range of book, journal and chapter publications, journal reviewing and editing.
Professor Annica Löfdahl Hultman qualified as a preschool teacher in Sweden and is currently working in teacher education at Karlstad University. She is also a member of the education committee at the Swedish Research Council. Löfdahl Hultman has, for many years, been engaged in research ethics and is currently the chair of the local ethical committee at KAU. She has published books and articles in Swedish and English on democracy in ECE; children’s peer cultures, play and studies within the field of education policy; and the teaching profession in general and specifically in early childhood education. She is currently engaged in studies on preschool teacher education and on policy changes in early childhood education. Professor Löfdahl Hultman is the Scientific Leader of the Centre for Child & Childhood Studies in Education at Karlstad University.
Professor Valerie Margrain has worked in education in New Zealand, Australia and Sweden, Her work at Karlstad University is in the area of Pedagogical Work, with a special focus on teacher education, young children, and early childhood education. She also has experience in early childhood and primary teaching, research, teacher education, higher degree teaching and research supervision. She received a Good practice in Assessment academic award from ACU, and an award for innovation in online teaching from Massey University, New Zealand. Professor Margrain’s research and teaching centres around strength-based assessment in the early years. She is an advocate for marginalised or misunderstood children and families, including those with disabilities and gifted children. Her research has included a wide range of book, journal and chapter publications, journal reviewing and editing.
Professor Annica Löfdahl Hultman qualified as a preschool teacher in Sweden and is currently working in teacher education at Karlstad University. She is also a member of the education committee at the Swedish Research Council. Löfdahl Hultman has, for many years, been engaged in research ethics and is currently the chair of the local ethical committee at KAU. She has published books and articles in Swedish and English on democracy in ECE; children’s peer cultures, play and studies within the field of education policy; and the teaching profession in general and specifically in early childhood education. She is currently engaged in studies on preschool teacher education and on policy changes in early childhood education. Professor Löfdahl Hultman is the Scientific Leader of the Centre for Child & Childhood Studies in Education at Karlstad University.