Janice Jipson

Richard T. Johnson

Annotation Provides a critical, cross-cultural narrative of early childhood education at the end of the 20th century. Contributors from the US, Canada, and the Pacific Rim explore issues of identity and practice in early childhood education, employing feminist, critical, and postmodern perspectives in understanding the lives of young children, their parents, and their teachers. Examines how theoretical shifts and understandings have impacted thinking on early childhood research and practice, and looks at issues of research representation. Lacks a subject index. Jipson teaches education at National-Louis University. Johnson teaches education at the University of Hawaii. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Rethinking Childhood Education

Resistance and Representation

Susan Victor

Senior Lecturer in Philosophy Karen Jones

Karen Froude Jones

Gretchen Freed-Rowland

Petra Munro

This book presents testimony of feminisms in process. The accounts are filled with tensions, not least an uneasiness with feminism itself, and the question of what exactly it means to be a feminist in education in the contemporary world. It is their respect for their own differences and the honesty with which they write that makes this such a rich text. From the Foreword by Kathleen Weiler Educators committed to social change face the common dilemma of how to take up the work of transformation without reinscribing systems of domination. The struggle with the concept of imposition is central to the emergence of many educators' identities and provides a site for exploring the complex relationship between power, knowledge, and teacher identity. This book chronicles the collaborative efforts of five diverse women educators (Native American, European, Jewish American, rural, midwestern, working class) to grapple with the tensions of taking up a political position while honoring the cultural, social, and historical context of others. Their dialogue across feminist, critical, and postmodern theories and practices explores the process of fusing theory with political work in the world. What emerges is the continual repositioning and disruption of taken for granted meanings as central to enhancing emancipatory education.

Perspectives on Educating for Social Change

Repositioning Feminism and Education

Janice Jipson

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