Providing a selection of papers presented at ICECE 2018, a biennial conference organised by the Early Childhood Education Program, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia. The conference’s general theme was "Finding Alternative Approaches, Theories, Frameworks, and Practices of Early Childhood Education in the 21th Century."
Distinct from other periods of time, the 21st century is characterised by so much knowledge -easy to access but hard to grasp, borderless and hyper-connected society mediated by the internet, high competitiveness -not only within a country but across countries, high mobility, and widening economic discrepancy as neoliberalism has strengthened its influence on every sector of human life. The children of today will face many things that have not yet been invented or discovered, sometimes beyond expectations. Scholars and teachers of early childhood education need to be aware of these astonishing changes. The way children and childhood are seen cannot stay the same, and so does the way children of this century are educated. The conference opened a discussion about finding alternative approaches, theories, and best practices of early childhood education for a rapidly changing and globalised society.
Author Biography:
Dr. Hani Yulindrasari received her Bachelor degree in Psychology (2002) from Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia, a Master degree in Gender and Development (2006) and a PhD in Gender Studies (2017) from the University of Melbourne, Australia. Her research interest is gender research in education and family settings. Her recent publication is "Trapped in the reform": Kindergarten teachers’ experiences of teacher professionalisation in Buleleng, Indonesia. Policy Future in Education, DOI: 10.1177/1478210317736206, co-authored with Putu Rahayu Ujianti.
Dr. Vina Adriany is a senior lecturer of Early Childhood Education (ECE) at the Department of Early Childhood Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia. Her research focuses on the issues of gender and social justice in early childhood education. She has published a number of peer reviewed articles and books chapters on the topic. She has also been invited as visiting lecturer in Sutan Qaboos University, Oman; Gothenburg University; and University West, Sweden. She was a guest editor for Policy Future in Education (PFIE) Special Edition on Neoliberalism and Practices of ECE in Asia. Currently, she is an editorial board member for PFIE.
Dr. Yeni Rahmawati is a senior lecturer in the Department of Early Childhood Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia. She obtained her PhD in Education from National Dong Hwa University,Taiwan. Her research interest focuses on the issue of parenting, multicultural in early childhood education as well as ethno-pedagogy. She has published articles in peer review journals on these topics.
Dr. Fonny Hutagalung received a Doctoral degree in Psychology (2011) from the National University of Malaysia. She is former Head of the Department of Educational Psychology and Counselling. Her research interest are Psychological Testing, Cognitive Psychology in Early Childhood, Human Resources Development, Psychodiagnostic and Behavior Analysis. Her most recent books, published in 2017, are "Research in Early Childhood in Bahasa Malaysia" by the University Malaya Press Publisher and "Social Interactions and Networking in Cyber Society" with Springer. She also actively publishes research articles in Scopus Journals and Proceedings.
Sarita Gálvez (Chile) is an educator, physiotherapist and PhD candidate in Education at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. She is interested in exploring embodied learning from a post-anthropocentric perspective. Her current research methods have emerged from the intersection between Andean epistemologies and Feminist Materialisms. Her recent publication is "MARAÑAS CUERPOS/SILLAS/NEOLIBERALISMO EN LA EDUCACIÓN INICIAL DE CHILE POST-PINOCHET" (Entanglements chairs/bodies/neoliberalism in post-Pinochet Chilean early childhood education), published in Infancia, Educación y Aprendizaje (IEYA), http://dx.doi.org/10.22370/ieya.2017.3.1.677.
Dr. Ade Gafar Abdullah is an associate professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering Education at Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia (UPI). He is currently serving as the Head of Technology and Vocational Education Program at the School of Postgraduate Studies, UPI. Dr. Abdullah completed his doctoral degree in Nuclear Physics at Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia in 2010. He publishes articles on nuclear engineering, electrical engineering, and engineering education in various journals. He is an experienced editor of proceedings.
