Student Authors, Children's Literature and Early Childhood Education for Sustainability: Findings from a Pedagogic Research Project

Autor/inn/en	Hirst, Nicky; Wilkinson, Catherine
Titel	Student Authors, Children's Literature and Early Childhood Education for Sustainability: Findings from a Pedagogic Research Project
Quelle	In: International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 9 (2021) 1, S.40-57 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2331-0464
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Authors; Childrens Literature; Early Childhood Education; Sustainability; Foreign Countries; Sustainable Development; Electronic Publishing; Books; Student Developed Materials; Workshops; United Kingdom (Liverpool) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Author; Autor; Autorin; 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Nachhaltigkeit; Ausland; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Elektronisches Publizieren; Book; Buch; Monographie; Monografie; Lernwerkstatt; Schulung
Abstract	The focus on early childhood education for sustainability within children's literature is part of a mindful shift towards a more critical praxis with young children, families, communities and students in higher education. This paper reports on qualitative pedagogic research undertaken as part of a first-year module in an undergraduate Early Childhood Studies degree programme at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU), United Kingdom (UK). The research involved the creation of children's literature (e-books) by students using "Book Creator," focussed on one or more of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The overarching aim of the project was to explore how the process of creating children's literature to facilitate early childhood education for sustainability supports students to engage in cultural production. In this paper, we present an analysis of the students' e-books and supporting rationales for their storybook creation. The study findings were that student-authors demonstrated different constructions of children, cognisance of the pedagogical purpose and different ways of knowing through the storybook creation. These findings contribute to existing debates concerned with early childhood literature and sustainability, and students as authors. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	North American Association for Environmnental Education. 1725 DeSales Street NW, Washington, DC 20036. Tel: 202-419-0412; Web site: https://naturalstart.org/research
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01