Educators’ interpretations of children’s belonging across borders : thinking and talking with an image |
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Author: | Puroila, Anna-Maija1; Emilson, Anette2; Pálmadóttir, Hrönn3; |
Organizations: |
1University of Oulu, Finland 2Linnaeus University, Sweden 3University of Iceland, Iceland
4Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands
5University of Stavanger, Norway |
Format: | article |
Version: | accepted version |
Access: | open |
Online Access: | PDF Full Text (PDF, 0.9 MB) |
Persistent link: | http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2022012510077 |
Language: | English |
Published: |
SAGE Publications,
2021
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Publish Date: | 2022-01-25 |
Description: |
AbstractEuropean quality framework for early childhood education and care calls for creating environments that support all children’s sense of belonging. This study aims to advance empirical knowledge on educators’ interpretations of children’s belonging in early education settings. The study is part of a project conducted in five European countries — Finland, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. The following research question guides the study: How do educators interpret children’s belonging in early education across borders? The study draws from the theory of the politics of belonging by Yuval-Davis and employs ‘thinking and talking with an image’ as a methodological approach. The findings explicate educators’ taken-forgranted categorisations, thus portraying their views about educational settings as sites for children’s belonging. Opposing, joint play and being alone were identified as emotionally loaded interactions that educators interpreted as significant for children’s belonging. The educators emphasised democratic values, such as diversity, participation, equality and equity. However, they viewed diverse tensions in embodying democratic values in a diverse group. The shared basis of the profession appeared as a more significant basis for educators’ interpretations than the different societal contexts. The study encourages educators and researchers in European countries to collaborate in promoting children’s belonging. see all
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Series: |
European educational research journal |
ISSN: | 1474-9041 |
ISSN-E: | 1474-9041 |
ISSN-L: | 1474-9041 |
Issue: | Epub ahead of print |
Pages: | 1 - 22 |
DOI: | 10.1177/14749041211065878 |
OADOI: | https://oadoi.org/10.1177/14749041211065878 |
Type of Publication: |
A1 Journal article – refereed |
Field of Science: |
516 Educational sciences |
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Funding: |
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The study is part of the research project ‘Politics of belonging: Promoting children’s inclusion in educational settings across borders’, funded by NordForsk research programme ‘Education for Tomorrow’ (project number 85644). |
Copyright information: |
© The Author(s) 2021. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. |