Pedagogies of Care with One-Year-Olds

<b>This book applies the principles of Friedrich Froebel (1782-1852) to infant-toddler care and education today in England the USA New Zealand and Hong Kong.</b><br/><br/>The book contributes to critical debates on the application of Froebelian principles including unity and connectedness play nature and creativity and makes recommendations for practice in infant-toddler education and care settings in diverse cultural contexts. The authors present new research from ethnographic studies carried out in the four countries which investigate pedagogies of care with one-year-olds in infant-toddler settings. To avoid perpetuating a universal approach the book presents multiple perspectives based on the diverse cultures across the four countries. Throughout the book connections are made between Froebelian principles infant-toddler pedagogy and early learning.