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ERIC Number: EJ1353862
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 14
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1350-293X
EISSN: EISSN-1752-1807
Children's Perspectives about Belonging in Educational Settings in Five European Countries
Einarsdottir, Johanna; Juutinen, Jaana; Emilson, Anette; Ólafsdóttir, Sara M.; Zachrisen, Berit; Meuser, Sarah
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, v30 n3 p330-343 2022
The article addresses children's perspectives of belonging in early childhood education settings in five European countries. Children's belonging is understood to be dynamic processes that are formed through multiple relations. Twenty children aged 4-8 with diverse backgrounds participated in the study: two boys and two girls from each country. Data were constructed through walking interviews, during which the individual children walked around the ECE settings with the researcher, taking photos and conversing at the same time. Yuval-Davises' [2011. "The Politics of Belonging: Intersectional Contestations." London: SAGE] three facets of belonging were utilised as a theoretical lens to analyse the data and to shed light on the findings. The findings illustrate how belonging, from the participating children's perspectives, is strongly related to friendship, being surrounded by caring adults and being a member of the ECE community.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Finland; Norway; Netherlands; Sweden; Iceland
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