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Open Access A Transdisciplinary Approach to Research on Early Childhood Education

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Author: Burger, Kaspar

Source: GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, Volume 25, Number 3, 2016, pp. 197-200(4)

Publisher: oekom verlag

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.25.3.13

There is much debate on early childhood education in research, politics, and society at large. Furthermore, early childhood education research and policy have become increasingly complex and multidimensional. Nonetheless, transdisciplinary research frameworks are still scarce. This report gives insights into a project that used a transdisciplinary approach, outlining its conceptualization and its potential for the definition and analysis of issues that transcend traditional boundaries between academic disciplines, academic and nonacademic knowledge production, and different domains of society.

Keywords: early childhood; education for all; policy; transdisciplinarity

Document Type: Research Article

Publication date: 01 January 2016

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