Curriculum in early childhood education : re-examined, reclaimed, renewed / edited by Jennifer J. Mueller and Nancy File.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Curriculum and research : what are the gaps we ought to mind, redux / Nancy File -- Public policy and early childhood curriculum in the united states / Christopher P. Brown & David P. Barry -- Standards, correlations, and questions : examining the impact of the accountability regime on early childhood curriculum / Jennifer J. Mueller & Nancy File -- From theory to curriculum : developmental theory and its relationship to curriculum and instruction in early childhood education / J. Amos Hatch -- The curriculum theory lens on early childhood : moving thought into action / Jennifer J. Mueller & Kristin L. Whyte -- Engaging with critical theories and the early childhood curriculum / Mindy Blaise & Sharon Ryan -- Infant toddler curriculum : reconsider, refresh, and reinforce / Diane M. Horm, Kyong-Ah Kwon, & Deborah E. Laurin -- Unpacking the tensions in open-ended preschool curriculum : teacher agency, standardization and English learners in creative curriculum and high/scope / Sara Michael-Luna, Lucinda G. Heimer & Leslee Grey -- Re-examining play in the early childhood curriculum / John A. Sutterby & Deepti Kharod -- A story about story : the promise of multilingual children and teachers and a framework for integrated curriculum / Elizabeth P. Quintero -- Changing the discourse : the capability approach and early childhood education / Cary A. Buzzelli -- Countering the essentialized discourse of curriculum : opening spaces for complicated conversations / Andrew J. Stremmel, James P. Burns, Christine Nganga & Katherine Bertolini -- A vision of early childhood curriculum built on strong foundations / Katherine K. Delaney, Kristin L. Whyte, & M. Elizabeth Graue -- Reclaiming and rediscovering in early childhood curriculum : possibility and promise / Nancy File & Jennifer J. Mueller.