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Pedagogies of Kindness and Respect: On the Lives and Education of Children
Contributor(s): Thomas, Paul L. (Editor), Carr, Paul R. (Editor), Gorlewski, Julie A. (Editor)

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 ISBN: 1433127008     ISBN-13: 9781433127007
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
OUR PRICE: $55.49  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: June 2015
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BISAC Categories:
- Education | Educational Psychology
Dewey: 370.153
LCCN: 2015003699
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.8" W x 8.8" L (1.15 lbs) 315 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
 
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Pedagogies of Kindness and Respect presents a wide variety of concepts from scholars and practitioners who discuss pedagogies of kindness, an alternative to the no excuses ideology now dominating the way that children are raised and educated in the U.S. today. The fields of education, and especially early childhood education, include some histories and perspectives that treat those who are younger with kindness and respect. This book demonstrates an informed awareness of this history and the ways that old and new ideas can counter current conditions that are harmful to both those who are younger and those who are older, while avoiding the reconstitution of the romantic, innocent child who needs to be saved by more advanced adults. Two interpretations of the upbringing of children are investigated and challenged, one suggesting that the poor do not know how to raise their children and thus need help, while the other looks at those who are privileged and therefore know how to nurture their young. These opposing views have been discussed and problematized for more than thirty years. Pedagogies of Kindness and Respect investigates the issue of why this circumstance has continued and even worsened today.
 
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