Challenging Democracy in Early Childhood Education: Engagement in Changing

Section 1 Introductory section.- 1 Introduction: Content and Context.- 2 The preschool as an arena for democratic education: A framework for teacher roles and child outcomes.- Section 2 Democracy in early childhood curriculum and policy.- 3 Ethical issues in child research: Caution of ethical drift.- 4 Talent development in preschool curriculum and policies: Implicit recognition of young gifted children.- 5 Parental decision-making about school start age in Australia: Democratic for whom?.- 6 Democracy and multilingualism in South African primary education: Implications for early literacy development.- 7 Engagement of children of Finnish descent in bilingual communicative events in Swedish preschool contexts.- Section III Espoused and enacted EC pedagogical practice.- 8 Banning the "Incompetent Child" in pedagogical documentation and discourse.- 9 Parent-Teacher-Child communication and advocacy: A community intervention.- 10 Time to tell more stories: Children, democracy and education in movement.- 11 Establishing a learner identity: Young digital citizens and the pursuit of a democratic and empowering early childhood education.- 12 Democratic discourses in higher education: Australian preservice student teacher perceptions of quality early childhood education.- Section IV Children's democratic arenas.- 13 Narratives of belonging: Migrant children's friendship negotiation.- 14 Inclusive practice for all: Child perspectives.- 15 Toddlers enacting democracy through communication in preschool.- 16 Preschool children as democratic subjects: Agents of democracy.- 17 Preschool children's resilience: An ecological perspective in a Taiwanese context.- Section V Conclusion.- 18 Challenging the challenges: Democratic spaces and opportunities in ECE.