ERIC Number: EJ1428530
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-3831
EISSN: EISSN-1470-1170
Children's Belonging Constructed through Material Relations in Multicultural Early Education Settings
Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, v68 n5 p878-889 2024
This study explores how children construct their belonging in culturally diverse early childhood settings in Finland and Iceland. Belonging is understood as a holistic phenomenon that is constructed through various relations. The study is a multiple-case study, influenced by ethnographic approaches, conducted with children in two preschool settings, one in Finland and one in Iceland. The children were invited on walking tours with researchers and tablet computers, and participatory observations were utilised. The findings explore the daily moments in which belonging becomes constructed, involving movements, timing, touch, and play, relationally generated moments between children, and their material relations.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Multicultural Education, Student Diversity, Preschools, Motion, Play, Group Unity, Interpersonal Relationship, Group Activities, Participatory Research, Time, Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education
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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: Finland; Iceland
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