Early Childhood Education in the 21st Century

Name: Early Childhood Education in the 21st Century
Brand: CRC Press

CRC Press

Providing a selection of papers presented at ICECE 2018, a biennial conference organised by the Early Childhood Education Program, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia. The conference\u2019s general theme was \""Finding Alternative Approaches, Theories, Frameworks, and Practices of Early Childhood Education in the 21th Century.\""\nDistinct from other periods of time, the 21st century is characterised by so much knowledge -easy to access but hard to grasp, borderless and hyper-connected society mediated by the internet, high competitiveness -not only within a country but across countries, high mobility, and widening economic discrepancy as neoliberalism has strengthened its influence on every sector of human life. The children of today will face many things that have not yet been invented or discovered, sometimes beyond expectations. Scholars and teachers of early childhood education need to be aware of these astonishing changes. The way children and childhood are seen cannot stay the same.