Philosophy of Early Childhood Education: Transforming Narratives provides an insightful reflection on some contemporary issues and theories underpinning early childhood education. Philosophy of Early Childhood Education: Transforming Narratives provides an insightful reflection on some contemporary issues and theories underpinning early childhood education. Philosophy of Early Childhood Education: Transforming Narratives provides an insightful reflection on some contemporary issues and theories underpinning early childhood education. Notes on Contributors vii Foreword 1(2) Michael A. Peters Introduction 3(4) Sandy Farquhar Peter Fitzsimons Meetings Across the Paradigmatic Divide 7(17) Peter Moss The Gift Paradigm in Early Childhood Education 24(18) Genevieve Vaughan Eila Estola Conceptions of the Self in Early Childhood: Territorializing identities 42(10) Liselott Borgnon Deconstructing and Transgressing the Theory---Practice dichotomy in early childhood education 52(16) Hillevi Lenz Taguchi In Early Childhood: What's language about? 68(8) Liane Mozere The Politics of Processes and Products in Education: An early childhood metanarrative crisis? 76(12) Andrew Gibbons (Re)Positioning the Child in the Policy/Politics of Early Childhood 88(14) Christine Woodrow Frances Press Index 102