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Alcock, Sophie – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2013
Attachment theory is presented in this article as involving embodied relational processes within complex relational systems. Two narrative-like "events" are represented to illustrate very young children playfully relating -- connecting and communicating inter- and intrasubjectively. The ethnographic-inspired research methods included…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Attachment Behavior, Play, Interpersonal Communication
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Alcock, Sophie – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2007
Children attending early childhood education and care centres spend a lot of time fitting in with institutional routines. This paper uses ethnographic methods and sociocultural activity theory to describe and analyse the processes whereby young children in an early childhood centre collectively created meaning and interest during potentially…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Ethnography, Young Children, Child Care