Rethinking Readiness in Early Childhood Education

1. A Cultural History of “Readiness” in Early Childhood Care and Education: Are There Still Culturally Relevant, Ethical, and Imaginative Spaces for Learning Open for Young Children and Their Families?
Marianne N. Bloch, Koeun Kim

2. Ready for School? Lessons from a Sociohistorical Investigation into Mechanisms of Preparation and Classification of Children for Primary School from 1911 to 1979
Joanne Lehrer, Robert Bastien

3. Something Isn’t Right: Deconstructing Readiness with Parents, Teachers, and Children
Lacey Peters, Karen Ortiz, Beth Blue Swadener

4. The Early Development Instrument: A Bioecological View of School Readiness
Lynn E. Cohen, Dana E. Friedman

5. “Daddy, Look At the Video I Made on My iPad!”: Reconceptualizing “Readiness” in the Digital Age
Linda Laidlaw, Joanne O’Mara, Suzanna Wong

6. Cracking the Walls of the Education Matrix: Are you Ready to Educate Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students?
Tonia R. Durden

7. “Are You My Dawg?”: Socially and Politically Marginalized Children Desiring to Be Seen and Valued by Their Teachers
Sheri Leafgren

8. Rethinking the Discourse of Readiness in Preschool
Lorraine Falchi, Jennifer Weiss Friedman

9. Transition to School: Times of Opportunity, Expectation, Aspiration, and Entitlement
Sue Dockett, Bob Perry

10. “Who They Are and What They Have to Say Matters …”: How an Emergent Preschool Experience Shapes Children’s Navigation of Kindergarten
Susan L. Recchia, Dana Frantz Bentley

11. Puffins, Butterflies, and Clouds in the Preschool: The Importance of Wonder
Heather J. Pinedo-Burns

12. Juan, Melina, and Friends: Guides for Reconceptualizing Readiness
Elizabeth P. Quintero

13. Inserting Postmodern Epistemological Perspectives into Discourse on Readiness: Privileging Assets, Capacity Building, and Diversity to Increase Equity
Julie Nicholson, Michelle Grant-Groves, Anne Bauer, Ristyn Woolley

14. Reimagining Possible Worlds for Young Children
Will Parnell, Jeanne Marie Iorio

Keywords: Education, Childhood Education, Education Policy, Curriculum Studies, Administration, Organization and Leadership, Educational Policy and Politics, Educational Philosophy