Beyond Uniform Reproduction: Exploring Children's Imaginative Play through the Lenses of Their Teacher

Autor/in	Grindheim, Liv Torunn
Titel	Beyond Uniform Reproduction: Exploring Children's Imaginative Play through the Lenses of Their Teacher
Quelle	In: Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 21 (2020) 1, S.58-69 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1463-9491
DOI	10.1177/1463949118783384
Schlagwörter	Imagination; Teacher Attitudes; Early Childhood Teachers; Video Technology; Childrens Attitudes; Young Children; Role Playing; Child Development; Foreign Countries; Conflict; Friendship; Games; Peer Groups; Males; Norway + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrerverhalten; Early childhood; Early childhood education; Teacher; Teachers; Frühe Kindheit; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Rollenspiel; Kindesentwicklung; Ausland; Konflikt; Freundschaft; Game; Spiel; Spiele; Gleichaltrigengruppe; Peer Group; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Norwegen
Abstract	The voices of both early childhood education teachers and children tend to be weak in the choir of agents that constitute the aims and practices of early childhood education. In this article, a video that a teacher made of four children playing dragons, followed by open-ended interviews exploring why she found this particular activity of interest and then open-ended interviews with the involved children while watching and commenting on the video, forms the basic material for discussing how children's imaginative play can inform what might be valuable activities in early childhood education. The theoretical framework and concepts for analysis draw on an understanding of cultural formation and a cultural-historical approach that outlines children's development through participation in activities framed by contextual conditions. By tracing conflicts caused by differences in the involved children's values and motives while meeting conditions and demands in their context, at the personal, institutional and societal levels, the exploration of friendship, danger, space, institutional rooms and what good play 'is' are depicted in children's imaginative role play. From this, imaginative play is seen as being endowed with valuable activities in early childhood education and forms a contrast to the emphasis on future academic competences that are far removed from the children's experiences. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01