ERIC Number: EJ1188208
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Jun
Pages: 23
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ISSN: ISSN-1338-1563
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Spatial Perspectives on Babies' Ways of Belonging in Infant Early Childhood Education and Care
Sumsion, Jennifer; Harrison, Linda J.; Stapleton, Matthew
Journal of Pedagogy, v9 n1 p109-131 Jun 2018
In this article, we endeavour to think spatially about the texture of infants' everyday lives and their ways of 'doing' belonging in the babies' room in an Australian early childhood education and care centre. Drawing on data from a large, multiple case-study project, and on theorisations of space that reject Euclidean notions of space as empty, transparent, relatively inert containers into which people, objects practices and artefacts are inserted, and instead emphasise space as complex, dynamic and relational, we map the navigating movements (Massumi, 2002) of baby Nadia. Through the telling of 'stories-so-far' (Massey, 2005), we convey how Nadia, as part of a constellation or assemblage of human and non-human beings, found ways to intensify space and to mobilise new vantage points, thus expanding the spatial possibilities of what we initially took to be a particularly confined and confining space.
Descriptors: Infants, Early Childhood Education, Child Care Centers, Space Utilization, Foreign Countries, Classroom Environment, Toddlers
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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