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Ten propositions for a democratic politics of early childhood education

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ID21718514
AuthorsP Mo (0000-0002-1637-1653, Thomas Coram Research Unit, UCL Institute of Education, University College London, UK, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume26
Issue3
Pages426-432
Publication date2025-09-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueContemporary Issues in Early Childhood (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1463-9491 • E-ISSN: 1463-9491
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/14639491251366663
OpenAlexW4413332186
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited8

This colloquium presents 10 propositions, the product of reflecting on many years in the early childhood field, that are offered as one possible agenda for a democratic politics of early childhood education (ECE). They start by asserting that ECE is first and foremost a political and ethical practice and end by insisting on the urgency of transformative change and the imperative of helping the new to be born

Democracy · Developmental psychology · Early childhood · Early childhood education · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Children's Rights and Participation · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Psychology

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