The Routledge international handbook of the place of religion in early childhood education and care / 
edited by Arniika Kuusisto. 
 - Abingdon ;  New York :  Routledge,  2022. 
 - 1 online resource 
 - Routledge international handbooks of education .
<br/><br/><P><STRONG>Chapter 1</STRONG></P><P>The Place of Religion in Early Childhood Education and Care</P><P>Arniika Kuusisto</P><P></P><B><P>Part I: THEORY</P></B><P><STRONG>Chapter</STRONG><STRONG> 2</STRONG></P><P>The Re-Imagined Other: Postcolonial Perspectives on the Place of Religion in Early Childhood Education</P><P>Liam Francis Gearon and Arniika Kuusisto</P><P><STRONG>Chapter </STRONG><STRONG>3</STRONG></P><P>The Interaction of Religion and Culture as a Basis for Religious Education in Early Childhood Education: An Integrative/Integral Approach</P><P>Jari Ristiniemi</P><P><STRONG>Chapter 4</STRONG></P><P>Subjectification as an Educational Goal in Religious and Worldview Education in Early Childhood Education and Care </P><P>Saila Poulter and Katja Castillo</P><P><STRONG>Chapter </STRONG><STRONG>5</STRONG></P><P>Migrating Meanings and Pedagogical Profanation: An Educational Approach to Rituals and Traditions in Pre/Schools</P><P>Lovisa Bergdahl</P><P><STRONG>Chapter 6 </STRONG></P><P>Ideal Caring Bodies: On the Intersections between Religion and Gender in ECEC</P><P>Anette Hellman</P><P><STRONG>Chapter 7</STRONG></P><P>Children's Right to Religion and Religious Education: Access to Religious Education in Early Childhood as a Human Right</P><P>Friedrich Schweitzer</P><P><STRONG>Chapter 8</STRONG></P><P>Human Rights Issues Related Teaching Religion in Early Childhood Education -- a Case from Denmark</P><P>Eva Lindhardt and Cecilia Decara</P><P><STRONG>Chapter 9 </STRONG></P><P>Religious Education as a Societal Resource in Immigrant Societies: "Contact Zones" and "Safe Spaces" in Early Childhood Education</P><P>Kathrin Winkler</P><P><STRONG>Chapter 10 </STRONG></P><P>Professional and Personal Values in the Role as Religious Educators in Kindergartens in Norway</P><P>Kathrine Moen</P><P><STRONG>Chapter 11 </STRONG></P><P>The Evolved Developmental Niche and the Neurobiology of Spiritual Development</P><P>Mary S. Tarsha and Darcia Narvaez</P><P><STRONG>Chapter 12</STRONG></P><P>Is the Sand Alive? Posthuman Experimentation with/in South African Early Years Teacher Education</P><P>Karin Murris, Luzia Aparecida de Souza, Heloisa da Silva and Rose-Anne Reynolds</P><P></P><B><P>Part II: METHOD</P></B><P><STRONG>Chapter 13 </STRONG></P><P>Childhood Research on (Religious) Diversity -- Methodological Issues with a Focus on Ethnography</P><P>Helena Stockinger</P><P><STRONG>Chapter 14 </STRONG></P><P>Religion and Worldviews in Early Childhood Education and Care: Eight Parameters for Ethical Research </P><P>Liam Francis Gearon, Saija Benjamin, Tuija Itkonen, Arto Kallioniemi and Arniika Kuusisto</P><P><STRONG>Chapter 15 </STRONG></P><P>The Place of Religious and Non-religious Values and Beliefs in Identities of Mothers of Young Children: Methodological Approach and Empirical Evidence from the European Comparative Perspective</P><P>Lyudmila Nurse, Kateřina Sidiropulu-Janků, Jana Obrovská, Katarzyna Gajek and Jérôme Mbiatong</P><P><STRONG>Chapter 16 </STRONG></P><P>Studying the Place of Religion in Early Childhood Education in German Kindergartens with Different Methods and Approaches </P><P>Alexandra Wörn and Golde Wissner</P><P><STRONG>Chapter </STRONG><STRONG>17 </STRONG></P><P>Religious Research in the Early Childhood Education and Care in Australia: Empirical and Methodological Gaps</P><P>Susanne Garvis and Matthew Manning</P><P><STRONG>Chapter </STRONG><STRONG>18 </STRONG></P><P>Conversation Analysis in Research on Children's Ethical and Moral Decision-Making in ECEC</P><P>Melisa Stevanovic and Arniika Kuusisto</P><P><STRONG>Part III: POLICY</STRONG></P><P></P><P><STRONG>Chapter</STRONG><STRONG> 19 </STRONG></P><P>The Transformation of Child-Centered Religious Education in Prewar Japan<STRONG> </STRONG></P><P>Hideko Omori</P><P><STRONG>Chapter</STRONG><STRONG> 20 </STRONG></P><P>Negotiating Children's Gender and Religiosity: Stories from Indonesian Early Childhood Education </P><P>Vina Adriany</P><P><STRONG>Chapter 21 </STRONG></P><P>A Journey into the Child's Personal Religion: Spiritually Nurturing Practices in ECEC,with a Focus on the New Zealand National Curriculum <EM>Te Whāriki</EM> </P><P>Guneet Sachdev </P><P><STRONG>Chapter</STRONG><STRONG> 22 </STRONG></P><P>The Possible Role of Religion in Early Childhood Education and Care in the Context of a Post-Communist Heritage in Hungary</P><P>Eszter Kodácsy-Simon</P><P><STRONG>Chapter</STRONG><STRONG>23 </STRONG></P><P>Early Childhood Worldview Education Transformations within the Competency-Based Curriculum in Latvia</P><P>Dzintra Iliško</P><P><STRONG>Chapter</STRONG><STRONG> 24 </STRONG></P><P>Lost in Translation: Religion in Policy versus Practice in Norway's Childhood Education</P><P>Kari Krogstad </P><P><STRONG>Chapter</STRONG><STRONG> 25 </STRONG></P><P>Learning in Non-denominational Post-secular Teaching on Religions for Young Children: Challenges and Possibilities</P><P>Olof Franck</P><P><STRONG>Chapter </STRONG><STRONG>26 </STRONG></P><P>Understandings of Religion as Culture: Renegotiating Troublesome Concepts in Swedish ECEC Policy<STRONG> </STRONG></P><P>Magdalena Raivio and Ellinor Skaremyr</P><P><STRONG>Chapter </STRONG><STRONG>27 </STRONG></P><P>Ambiguity, Silence and Misalignment: The Place of Religion in Australia's Early Childhood Education Curriculum Documents </P><P>Jan Grajczonek </P><P><STRONG>Chapter </STRONG><STRONG>28 </STRONG></P><P>Developing Children's Life Orientation in ECEC: Curriculum Development Research Project in the Pillarised Dutch Society</P><P>Ina ter Avest</P><P><STRONG>Chapter</STRONG><STRONG> 29 </STRONG></P><P>Place of Religion and the Cuban ECEC</P><P>Maydel Angueira Gato </P><P><STRONG>Part IV: PRACTICE </STRONG></P><P></P><P><STRONG>Chapter </STRONG><STRONG>30 </STRONG></P><P>On God, Gods, and Idols: How to Talk about <EM>Sieidi </EM>in Sámi ECEC Teacher Education</P><P>Lovisa Mienna Sjøberg</P><P><STRONG>Chapter </STRONG><STRONG>31 </STRONG></P><P>The Place of Religion in Early Childhood Education and Care in India</P><P>Kristian Niemi </P><P><STRONG>Chapter</STRONG><STRONG> 32 </STRONG></P><P>Early Childhood Education in Islam: The Cases of Turkey and Egypt</P><P>Ednan Aslan </P><P><STRONG>Chapter </STRONG><STRONG>33 </STRONG></P><P>Responding to the Spiritual Dimension of Young Children in Kindergarten through Positive Silence</P><P>Adrian-Mario Gellel and Natalie Lombardi Calleja</P><P><STRONG>Chapter </STRONG><STRONG>34 </STRONG></P><P>The Nurturing Triangle: Home, School and Church in Early Childhood Education -- Reflections on the Experience in England and Wales</P><P>David W. Lankshear</P><P><STRONG>Chapter </STRONG><STRONG>35 </STRONG></P><P>Spiritual and Religious Capabilities: A Possibility for How Early Childhood Catholic Religious Educators Can Address the Spirituality Needs of Children</P><P>Christine Robinson and Chris Hackett</P><P><STRONG>Chapter </STRONG><STRONG>36 </STRONG></P><P>Religious Traditions in the Secularist Swedish preschool -- Problems, Challenges, and Possibilities</P><P>Eva Reimers</P><P><STRONG>Chapter</STRONG><STRONG> 37 </STRONG></P><P>When Worldview Issues Are at Stake in Kindergartens: How Could Virtue Ethics Enhance Student-Teachers' and Teachers' Courage to Deal with Cases Concerning Religion and Other Worldviews in Kindergarten?</P><P>Svein Sando </P><P><STRONG>Chapter</STRONG><STRONG> 38 </STRONG></P><P>Religion and Religiosity as Sensitive Issues in Swedish Preschools</P><P>Tün 
<br/><br/> Understanding the place of religion in Early Childhood Education and Care is of critical importance for the development of cultural literacy and plays a key role in societal coherence and inclusion. This international handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the place of religion in the societal educational arenas of the very youngest children across the globe. Drawing together contributions from leading international experts across disciplinary backgrounds, it offers a critical viewof how to approach the complexities around the place of religion in Early Childhood Education and Care. Through its four parts, the book examines the theoretical, methodological, policy and practice perspectives and explores the complex intersections of transmission of "cultural heritage" and "national values" with the diverse, changing societal contexts. Each chapter contributes to an increased understanding of how the place of religion in Early Childhood Education and Care can be understood across continents, countries and educational systems. The Routledge International Handbookof the Place of Religion in Early Childhood Education and Care is an essential resource for academics, researchers, students and practitioners working in Early Childhood Education, Sociology of Childhood, Religious Education and other related fields 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1000575322 9781003017783 1003017789 9781000575378 1000575373 9781000575323 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Religious education of children.<br/>Early childhood education.<br/>Child care.<br/>Religion and culture.<br/>EDUCATION / Preschool & Kindergarten<br/>EDUCATION / Multicultural Education<br/>EDUCATION / Elementary
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>372.84