Rethinking Readiness in Early Childhood Education

Chapter 1 A Cultural History of “Readiness” in Early Childhood Care and Education: Are There Still Culturally Relevant, Ethical, and Imaginative Spaces for Learning Open for Young Children and Their Families?

Chapter 2 Ready for School? Lessons from a Sociohistorical Investigation into Mechanisms of Preparation and Classification of Children for Primary School from 1911 to 1979

Chapter 3 Something Isn’t Right: Deconstructing Readiness with Parents, Teachers, and Children

Chapter 4 The Early Development Instrument: A Bioecological View of School Readiness

Chapter 5 “Daddy, Look At the Video I Made on My iPad!”: Reconceptualizing “Readiness” in the Digital Age

Chapter 6 Cracking the Walls of the Education Matrix: Are you Ready to Educate Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students?

Chapter 7 “Are You My Dawg?”: Socially and Politically Marginalized Children Desiring to Be Seen and Valued by Their Teachers

Chapter 8 Rethinking the Discourse of Readiness in Preschool

Chapter 9 Transition to School: Times of Opportunity, Expectation, Aspiration, and Entitlement

Chapter 10 “Who They Are and What They Have to Say Matters …”: How an Emergent Preschool Experience Shapes Children’s Navigation of Kindergarten

Chapter 11 Puffins, Butterflies, and Clouds in the Preschool: The Importance of Wonder

Chapter 12 Juan, Melina, and Friends: Guides for Reconceptualizing Readiness

Chapter 14 Reimagining Possible Worlds for Young Children