TY - BOOK AU - Howe,Nina AU - Prochner,Larry TI - Recent perspectives on early childhood education and care in Canada SN - 9781442645202 (bound) U1 - 372.210971 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Toronto, Ont. PB - University of Toronto Press KW - Early childhood education KW - Canada KW - Child care services N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part I; Historical and contemporary perspectives --; 1; Early childhood education and care in Canada in the 1950s and 1960s : retrenchment and renewal; Larry Prochner and Lynne Robertson --; 2; Provision, policy, and politics in early childhood education and care in Canada; Martha Friendly and Susan Prentice --; 3; The economics of early childhood education and care in Canada; Gordon Cleveland --; 4; Canadian child care regulations regarding training and curriculum; Ellen Jacobs and Emmanuelle Adrien --; Commentary : towards a geology of early childhood education and care in Canada; Hillel Goelman --; Part II; Children, curriculum, and teachers --; 5; Revisioning multiculturalism in early childhood education; Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw and Judith K. Bernhard --; 6; Intergenerational learning programming from a curriculum studies perspective : new directions, new possibilities; Rachel M. Heydon --; 7; Innovations in provincial early learning curriculum frameworks; Rachel Langford --; The investigating quality project : innovative approaches in early childhood education; Alan Pence and Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw --; 9; Elements of mentoring : two case studies of in-service professional development for early childhood educators; Nina Howe and Ellen Jacobs --; Commentary : reflections on children, curriculum, and teachers; Alan Pence --; Part III; Government involvement --; 10; The Quebec child care system : lessons from research; Christa Japel --; 11; Community-based early child development projects; Ray Dev Peters, Angela Howell-Meneta, and Kelly Petrunka --; 12; Federal investments in strengthening indigenous capacity for culturally based early childhood education and care; Jessical Ball --; 13; Integrated early childhood services in school-as-hub models : lessons from Toronto First Duty and Peel Best Start; Janette Pelletier --; Commentary : government roles in early childhood education and care in Canada : patchwork, perils, and promise of new directions; Carl Corter --; Postscript : early childhood education and care in Canada; Helen Penn ER -