Young Children Playing : Relational Approaches to Emotional Learning in Early Childhood Settings / by Sophie Jane Alcock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alcock, Sophie, 1953- Author.

Series:

International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education and Development, 2468-8754 ; 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Early childhood education.

Education--Philosophy.

Education.

Educational psychology.

Early Childhood Education.

Educational Philosophy.

Educational Psychology.

Local Subjects:

Early Childhood Education.

Educational Philosophy.

Educational Psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XIV, 194 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2016.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2016.

Summary:

The subject of this book is young children’s emotional-social learning and development within early childhood care and education settings in Aotearoa-New Zealand. The focus on emotional complexity fills a gap in early childhood care and education research where young children are frequently framed narrowly as ‘learners,’ ignoring the importance of emotional functioning and the feelings with which children make sense of themselves and the world. This book draws on original data in the form of narrative-like framed events to creatively illustrate the complexities in children’s diverse ways of feeling, thinking, playing, being, and becoming. Events illuminate the feelings and meanings of observed experiences in holistic and contextualised gestalts. Awareness of unconscious processes, the feeling of feelings, and cultural dimensions of development and meaning-making are addressed. The book emphasises the emergent and psychodynamic nature of children’s development and learning with strong links to the role of play and playfulness in the events, drawing on two ethnographically inspired research projects that present theory, experience and practice in real-life events. .

Contents:

Chapter 1 Framing: Young Children Relating and Playing

Chapter 2 Research Methods: Observing Experience in Two projects (Parts 2 and 3)

Chapter 3 The Intersubjective in-between-ness in Young Children's Playfulness

Chapter 4 Words Connecting Children Playfully Together

Chapter 5 Becoming Selves in Play

Chapter 6 Imagining while Playing

Chapter 7 Feelings Felt in Bodies

Chapter 8 A Holding Environment

Chapter 9 Relational Fields and Context

Chapter 10 Implications: Teachers being Relationally Aware.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

ISBN:

9789811012075

9811012075