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Direct linkHedges, Helen; Weisz-Koves, Tamar; Cooper, Maria; Lovatt, Daniel – Early Childhood Folio, 2017
Children's interests are an important basis for creating an early childhood curriculum. However, opportunities to build a curriculum responsive to children's interests may often be missed if busy teachers simply add new resources to activities. This article draws on the notion of "real questions" as a way to interpret children's…
Descriptors: Childrens Attitudes, Childhood Interests, Early Childhood Education, Curriculum Development
Hedges, Helen; Cooper, Maria – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2016
Children's interests are a common foundation for early childhood curricula. Yet, little research is available about the fundamental nature of children's interests and analytical ways to recognize and engage with these. Early work on children's interests adopted a psychological perspective and associated interests with activity choices. Recent work…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Childhood Interests, Cultural Background, Cultural Capital
Hedges, Helen; Cooper, Maria – Teaching and Learning Research Initiative, 2014
This project/report partnered researchers with teachers from two centres to explore and theorise understandings of children's inquiries and working theories. This project investigated the following questions: (1) What is the nature and content of infants', toddlers' and young children's inquiries and working theories in relation to their everyday…
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Inquiry, Infants, Toddlers
