Patricia Giardiello has been involved in the field of early childhood education during the last four decades, both in schools and higher education. As a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Health and Education at Manchester Metropolitan University, her involvement in teaching and learning extends across undergraduate and postgraduate study. Patricia’s current interests include principled pedagogical approaches to early childhood education, children’s voice, and intergenerational learning.

• Introduction PART 1. The early influences 1. From Plato to Froebel PART 2. A history of connections in early childhood education: Five key women pioneers – their roots and legacies 2. Charlotte Mason 3. Rachel and Margaret McMillan 4. Maria Montessori 5. Susan Isaacs PART 3. Contemporary Perspectives 6. The pioneers’ legacies to UK and international policy on early childhood education 7. A Foucauldian perspective of legacies as a "regimes of truth" in the context of neoliberal accountability

Patricia Giardiello has been involved in the field of early childhood education during the last four decades, both in schools and higher education. As a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Health and Education at Manchester Metropolitan University, her involvement in teaching and learning extends across undergraduate and postgraduate study. Patricia’s current interests include principled pedagogical approaches to early childhood education, children’s voice, and intergenerational learning.

• Introduction PART 1. The early influences 1. From Plato to Froebel PART 2. A history of connections in early childhood education: Five key women pioneers – their roots and legacies 2. Charlotte Mason 3. Rachel and Margaret McMillan 4. Maria Montessori 5. Susan Isaacs PART 3. Contemporary Perspectives 6. The pioneers’ legacies to UK and international policy on early childhood education 7. A Foucauldian perspective of legacies as a "regimes of truth" in the context of neoliberal accountability

Patricia Giardiello has been involved in the field of early childhood education during the last four decades, both in schools and higher education. As a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Health and Education at Manchester Metropolitan University, her involvement in teaching and learning extends across undergraduate and postgraduate study. Patricia’s current interests include principled pedagogical approaches to early childhood education, children’s voice, and intergenerational learning.

• Introduction PART 1. The early influences 1. From Plato to Froebel PART 2. A history of connections in early childhood education: Five key women pioneers – their roots and legacies 2. Charlotte Mason 3. Rachel and Margaret McMillan 4. Maria Montessori 5. Susan Isaacs PART 3. Contemporary Perspectives 6. The pioneers’ legacies to UK and international policy on early childhood education 7. A Foucauldian perspective of legacies as a "regimes of truth" in the context of neoliberal accountability