{"product_id":"debating-childhood-and-preschool-a-field-guide-to-raising-children-navigating-pre-k-and-lifting-early-education-9780197808542","title":"Debating Childhood and Preschool: A Field Guide to Raising Children, Navigating Pre-K, and Lifting Early Education","description":"Investments in young children--by caregivers, educators, and civic leaders--have grown enormously since the late twentieth century. Alongside this trend, deeply human questions have become hotly debated. How do we best nurture young children? Which adults and what settings best foster the early learning and social vitality of our youngest kids? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eDebating Childhood and Preschool\u003c\/em\u003e tackles these essential issues, clarifying the philosophical divides and examining popular beliefs about child-rearing and early education. Bringing five decades of experience--as parent, teacher, and policy activist--Bruce Fuller unpacks the contested ideological roots of child-rearing and how they surface in preschool. He confronts guiding mythologies, such as \"learning through play\" and \"free pre-K will narrow disparities,\" inviting parents and teachers to question their own assumptions about how we nurture and shape young children. By sharpening philosophical stances and deftly reviewing decades of empirical evidence, Fuller details how families, educators, and policy advocates can fine-tune their essential work in raising the next generation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBruce Fuller\u003c\/strong\u003e is a sociologist and emeritus professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He explores how institutions, large and small, work to lift children and families. A former professor of education and comparative policy at Harvard University, Fuller has worked to improve early education in China, Viet Nam, and southern Africa. His book \u003cem\u003eStandardized Childhood\u003c\/em\u003e examines the philosophical and political history of the universal preschool movement. Fuller's volume \u003cem\u003eWhen Schools Work\u003c\/em\u003e details how grassroots activists in Los Angeles have shaken civic politics and advanced policy reforms that lift children and teachers. Fuller's research has appeared in the \u003cem\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSan Jose Mercury News\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52197058085138,"sku":"9780197808542","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b07820c1-df08-40fc-959a-28729c2942e8.jpg?v=1776162065","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/debating-childhood-and-preschool-a-field-guide-to-raising-children-navigating-pre-k-and-lifting-early-education-9780197808542","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}