It’s About Time! Advancing Justice Through Joyful Inquiry With Young Children

2021 ◽  
pp. 027112142098889
Author(s):  
Elizabeth J. Erwin ◽  
Jessica K. Bacon ◽  
Priya Lalvani
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Present Moment ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Young Learners ◽  
Disability Narratives ◽  
Disability Studies In Education ◽  
The World ◽  
Sense Of Justice

Young learners often are enchanted with the world, fascinated by the ordinary, and absorbed in the present moment. We explore interconnected ideas about how young children’s natural proclivity toward being curious, and noticing differences among people should be harnessed toward socially just ends. We consider ways in which joyfulness in learning are preserved, as teachers partner with young learners to cultivate their sense of justice in the classroom and beyond. We use disability studies in education as a theoretical framework for doing anti-bias work within early childhood education. We also describe global and neoliberal trends which directly and negatively impact the lives of young children by escalating injustice through educational practices and policies often disguised as reform. Ultimately, we propose, reimagining equity-based practices, positive disability narratives, freedom and humanity, and the concept of place within pedagogy to transform early childhood education.

Early Childhood Corner: Multiage Mathematics: Scaffolding Young Children's Mathematical Learning

2006 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-21
Author(s):  
Ann Baker ◽  
Kimberly Schirner ◽  
Jo Hoffman
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Primary Grade ◽  
Mathematical Concepts ◽  
Mathematical Learning ◽  
Early Mathematics ◽  
Multiage Classrooms ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Young Learners

Exploration, inquiry, manipulation, discussion, and discovery all come to mind when we envision young children involved in mathematical activities. Early childhood education engages students in an exploratory journey from birth through age 9 in empirical mathematical concepts. The focus of early mathematics is to develop a strong foundation of the requisite skills and concepts throughout NCTM's five Content Standard strands (NCTM 2000). The wide ranges of abilities and understandings of mathematical concepts in early childhood classrooms challenge teachers to meet all students' intellectual needs. In this article, teachers of primary-grade multiage classrooms describe how they used scaffolding to capitalize on the wide ranges of abilities and met their students' needs by providing opportunities for their young learners to work together to understand mathematical concepts.

Building Epistemic Awareness in the Early Childhood Classroom

2010 ◽  
pp. 177-216
Author(s):  
Denise L. Winsor ◽  
Sally Blake
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Preschool Education ◽  
Early Childhood Classroom ◽  
Academic Environments ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
New Approaches ◽  
The World ◽  
New Thinking

It is evident from the information in the previous chapters in this book that there is much to be learned about how technology fits into the world of early childhood education (ECE). This chapter discusses some exciting new thinking about epistemology and how children and teachers learn and how this could relate to technology and all learning with young children and their teachers. The new understanding of preschool education potential demands new approaches to these vital years of schooling if we are to prepare our children to succeed in the increasingly demanding academic environments.

With shadows, dust and mud: Activating weathering-with pedagogies in early childhood education

2020 ◽  
pp. 146394912093920
Author(s):  
Tonya Rooney ◽  
Mindy Blaise ◽  
Felicity Royds
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Environmental Humanities ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The World ◽  
Matters Of Concern

In response to the perception that climate change is too abstract and its consequences too far-reaching for us to make a difference, recent feminist environmental humanities scholars have drawn attention to connections that can be forged by noticing the intermingling of bodies, relations, materials, places and movements in the world. Inspired by these ideas, Tonya Rooney has proposed that there is potential in working with child–weather relations as a pedagogical response to making climate change more connected and immediate for young children. Mindy Blaise and her colleagues have also shown how ‘matters of fact’ dominate early childhood teaching, and call for new pedagogies that attend to ‘matters of concern’, such as climate change. In this article the authors build on these ideas by drawing also on María Puig de la Bellacasa’s suggestion that we extend our concern to ‘matters of care’ as an ‘ethically and politically charged practice’. The authors report on their work with educators and children in an Australian-based preschool where they have started to engage with matters of concern and matters of care to create new types of pedagogies that they call ‘weathering-with pedagogies’. These are situated, experimental, embodied, relational and ethical, and, the authors suggest, reflect a practice of care, thus providing young children with new ways of responding to climate change. The authors take as their starting point Donna Haraway’s invitation to ‘muddy the waters’ as a way to stir up the possibilities, tensions and challenges in doing such work.

scholarly journals From the Editors’ Desk

2015 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
Veronica Pacini-­‐Ketchabaw ◽  
Affrica Taylor ◽  
Mindy Blaise ◽  
Sandrina De Finney
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Young Children ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Environmental Humanities ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
The World ◽  
Ways Of Being

<p>Learning How to Inherit in Colonized and Ecologically Challenged LifeWorlds in Early Childhood Education: An Introduction</p><p>The complex and intensifying ecological challenges of the 21st century call for new ways of thinking, being, and doing in all sectors of our society, including early childhood education, and the Aboriginal environmental humanities offer alternative ways of being present and acting in the world. Accordingly, in September 2014 we gathered for three days in Victoria, British Columbia, with leading Indigenous and environmental humanities scholars and a group of 40 early childhood scholars, educators, and students to mobilize these perspectives in the early education of young children. This special issue presents eight articles inspired by the conversations that took place at the “Learning How to Inherit in Colonized and Ecologically Challenged Life Worlds” symposium.1</p>

scholarly journals Bermain dan Belajar pada Anak Usia Dini

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (01) ◽  
pp. 161-179
Author(s):  
Fitri Wahyuni ◽  
Suci Midsyahri Azizah
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
Early Age ◽  
Initial Capital ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The World ◽  
Early Childhood Learning

Early childhood has a unique way of learning something that is undoubtedly different from adults. A child does not understand that what he does while playing is an activity that might be considered a learning activity for parents. Playing while learning is an activity carried out by a child at an early age that is carried out with feelings of pleasure, without coercion, but has patterns that we expect to create results for proper development for the child. Playing is also a means for children to channel their considerable energy and discover new things that they did not know in a fun way before. Furthermore, it is indeed different from learning understood by adults with all the rules and demands in the end. Playing (while learning) in early childhood has goals that may not be realized by some; whenever playing, a child is developing the potential contained in self to become a robust initial capital for the future when facing problems in life. This paper tries to provide model and knowledge to parents to understand the world of early childhood, one of which is by understanding the nature and the meaning of playing for early childhood. Obtained by exploring various sources of literature, parents and early childhood education (PAUD) teachers may use the study results to be more precise in assisting and designing learning for young children. Keywords: Early childhood, Learning, Playing   Anak usia dini memiliki cara unik dalam mempelajari sesuatu yang berbeda dari orang dewasa. Seorang anak tidak mengerti bahwa apa yang dia lakukan saat bermain adalah kegiatan yang dapat dianggap sebagai kegiatan belajar bagi orang tua. Bermain sambil belajar adalah kegiatan yang dilakukan oleh seorang anak di usia dini yang dilakukan dengan perasaan senang, tanpa paksaan, tetapi memiliki pola yang diarapkan akan menciptakan hasil untuk perkembangan yang tepat bagi anak. Bermain juga merupakan sarana bagi anak-anak untuk menyalurkan energi mereka yang cukup besar dan menemukan hal-hal baru yang tidak mereka ketahui sebelumnya dengan cara yang menyenangkan. Lebih jauh lagi, bermain sambil belajar berbeda dari pembelajaran yang dipahami oleh orang dewasa dengan semua aturan dan tuntutan di akhir. Bermain (sambil belajar) pada anak usia dini memiliki tujuan yang mungkin tidak disadari oleh sebagian orang; setiap kali bermain, seorang anak mengembangkan potensi yang terkandung dalam diri untuk menjadi modal awal yang kuat untuk masa depan ketika menghadapi masalah dalam hidup. Tulisan ini mencoba memberikan model dan pengetahuan kepada orang tua untuk memahami dunia anak usia dini, salah satunya adalah dengan memahami sifat dan makna bermain untuk anak usia dini. Diperoleh dengan mengeksplorasi berbagai sumber literatur, orang tua, dan guru pendidikan anak usia dini (PAUD) dapat menggunakan hasil penelitian ini untuk lebih tepat dalam membantu dan merancang pembelajaran untuk anak-anak. Kata kunci: Bermain, Belajar, Anak usia dini

An International Perspective on Child Day-Care Health

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 94 (6) ◽  
pp. 1085-1087
Author(s):  
Patrick Olin MD, PhD ◽  
B. N. Tandon ◽  
Julius S. Meme ◽  
E. Lee Ford-Jones ◽  
Mark Belsey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Community Organizations ◽  
International Labor Organization ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
International Panel ◽  
The World ◽  
Education And Development

If we are committed to the health and development of children, we need to recognize that the vast majority of the world's women are working women. In Africa, 80% of the women are actively engaged in economic activities outside the home. The "economic miracle" in Southeast Asia was made possible by the nimble fingers of thousands of women working in textile and electronics factories. There is need for pre-day-care advocacy for infants, through promotion of breast feeding and maternity leave. When the mother returns to work, the standard of the International Labor Organization should be applied, namely "...the care of children while the parents are working cannot be ignored because it forms a focal point on which three main concerns of development policy—work, health, and education—converge." Several principles emerged from the presentations in the international panel: 1. Child-care programs must be community based, using the resources of the families and the community organizations themselves. 2. Programs require the active involvement of the communities, women's groups, and other partners. 3. Programs are modified by innovations created by community organizations, universities, and other groups. 4. Programs require the mobilization of trained young men and women into the field of early childhood education and development. This international panel provided an overall uniting theme, that throughout the world the hope for the survival and better life for children unites parents of every country and every creed. This is one of the most powerful and strongest motivational resources in the world. We need to recognize the power of this hope and address that hope, providing with a certain degree of humility that there exist no single model, and no single country has all the answers. By respecting the ideas of the many innovations and different approaches of women, parents, and families, we can find the answers. There is a clear need for national networks as well as for international networks, exchanges of information, sharing of experience, and mobilization of the social resources in advocating early childhood education and development for the world's children.

Parental Engagement and Early Childhood Education Around the World

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne Garvis ◽  
Sivanes Phillipson ◽  
Heidi Harju-Luukkainen ◽  
Alicja Renata Sadownik
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Parental Engagement ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
The World

scholarly journals Positioning Children Citizens: Exploring Discourses in Early Childhood Curricula in China and Aotearoa New Zealand

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 58
Author(s):  
Peng Xu
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Citizenship Education ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Citizenship Status ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand

 Positioning young children as citizens, now rather than as citizens in waiting, is an emerging discourse in early childhood education internationally. Differing discourses related to young children and early childhood reveal various ideas of children as citizens, and what their citizenship status, practice and education can be. This paper analyses the national early childhood education (ECE) curricula of China and Aotearoa New Zealand for the purpose of understanding how children are constructed as citizens within such policy discourses. Discourse analysis is employed in this study as a methodological approach for understanding the subjectivities of young children and exploring the meanings of young children’s citizenship in both countries. Based on Foucault’s theory of governmentality, this paper ultimately argues that young children’s citizenship in contemporary ECE curricula in China and New Zealand is a largely neoliberal construction. However, emerging positionings shape differing possibilities for citizenship education for young children in each of these countries.

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