18.072-14 - (Re)thinking and (Re)defining Approaches to Research in Early Childhood

• In Event: 18.072 - Roundtable Session 6

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

Early childhood researchers, practitioners, and professionals have long studied children and childhood(s) through critical and reconceptualist lenses to bring forward more nuanced perspectives on people’s daily life experiences, and done in an effort to challenge dominant beliefs about individuals or particular social or cultural groups. This session foregrounds three studies that emphasize qualitative research approaches. The contributions shared create opportunity for participants to grapple with pedagogies, practices, and research procedures commonly adopted in contexts of early care and education.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Critical Perspectives on Early Childhood Education

Chair

• Candace Ross Kuby, University of Missouri - Columbia

Papers

• Challenging Normative Childhood -m-e-t-h-o-d-ologies - Mirka E. Koro-Ljungberg, Arizona State University; Marek Tesar, The University of Auckland; Adam T Clark, Arizona State University

• Looking Away: An Analysis of Children's Learning Experiences When Classroom Quality Is Framed by Adult/Child Interactions via Quality Metrics - Katherine Kresin Delaney, University of Toledo

• "This Is Research, Boy!" Emerging and Be[com]ing With Objects in an Early Childhood Literacy Workshop - Kortney B. Sherbine, The Pennsylvania State University