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This book makes two key arguments. The first is that early childhood education has grown up; the second is that we need to contemplate a new future for early childhood education – one in which the profession is marked by a critical ecology.
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Dalli, C., Miller, L., Urban, M. (2012). Early Childhood Grows Up: Towards a Critical Ecology of the Profession. In: Miller, L., Dalli, C., Urban, M. (eds) Early Childhood Grows Up. International perspectives on early childhood education and development, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2718-2_1
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