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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
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Slowing Down: Documentary Photography in Early Childhood
Horsley, Karen
International Journal of Early Years Education, v29 n4 p438-454 2021
This study explored nursery practitioners 'slowed down' documentary photography in everyday moments. The enquiry draws on Documentary Photography, Visual Sociology and Early Childhood and entails a novel application of the theoretical concept of 'presence' (Senge, P., C. O. Scharmer, J. Jaworski, and B. S. Flowers. 2008. "Presence: Exploring Profound Change in People, Organizations and Society." Boston: Nicholas Brealey Publishing.). Naturalistic data collection techniques and thematic analysis were employed. An original application of 'presence' supported practitioners' shared language and discursive resource for visual practice that invited questions; supported children's sensemaking and mediation of relationships. This new theorisation and application of presence offers a 'holding space' for these activities and nuanced seeing anew. This creative disruption is significant in speeded-up educational contexts.
Descriptors: Photography, Documentaries, Story Telling, Visual Aids, Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Workshops, Preschool Teachers, Caring, Altruism, Student Participation, Inquiry
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)
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