Reflections in Motion: Video Dialogue Between Mother and Teacher-Daughter as Resistance to Scripted Mandates

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Abstract

This intergenerational study explores participatory video dialogue between a mother (lead researcher) and her daughter, a novice kindergarten teacher, to examine how relational identity, pedagogical values, and resistance are co-constructed in early childhood education. Using video-elicited interviews and embodied reflection, we investigate how scripted mandates are experienced and resisted in practice. The collaboration becomes a space for critical storytelling where professional and familial worlds intersect. Reflection is reframed as a relational and political act grounded in kinship, reciprocity, and care. This work advances participatory and teacher-research methodologies by highlighting co-analysis, intergenerational insight, and counter-narratives that resist dominant discourses of compliance.

Authors

• Terri L. Hubbard, Polk State College & University of South Florida

• Ilene R. Berson, University of South Florida

• Michael J. Berson, University of South Florida