Young Children as Theory Makers and Co-Creators of Cultural Practices: Challenging the Authenticity of Santa

Autor/inn/en	Busch, Gillian; Theobald, Maryanne; Hayes, Marion
Titel	Young Children as Theory Makers and Co-Creators of Cultural Practices: Challenging the Authenticity of Santa
Quelle	In: European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 31 (2023) 2, S.162-177 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Theobald, Maryanne)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1350-293X
DOI	10.1080/1350293X.2022.2081346
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Childrens Attitudes; Preschool Children; Concept Formation; Evaluative Thinking; Mythology; Cultural Influences; Reflection; Communicative Competence (Languages); Preschool Education; Cultural Activities; Preschool Teachers; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Mythologie; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; Cultural activity; Kulturelle Aktivität; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Australien
Abstract	This paper argues that when young children are given an opportunity for their voice to be heard, they are competent communicators and social agents who can co-create cultural practices as theory makers. The paper draws on video recorded data from a small study that focussed on how young children (3-5 years) participated in an end-of-year cultural celebration in an early childhood education setting in Australia. The children organized a party, invited Santa Claus to visit, and setup a special place where they could hold conversations with Santa. Video recorded data of the conversations initiated by the children with Santa Claus were transcribed and analysed using the fine-grained interactional tools of ethnomethodology, conversation analysis and membership categorization analysis. Analyses identified children's competence as active social agents who challenged Santa's authenticity through checking his appearance, knowledge testing and, suggesting he was not the 'real Santa'. This evidence of children's capacity to authenticate cultural experiences demonstrates that incorporating children's voice in the co-creation of culture fosters children's opportunities to make and interrogate theory. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01