ERIC Number: EJ1438260
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Sep
Pages: 22
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ISSN: ISSN-1476-718X
EISSN: EISSN-1741-2927
A Participatory and Inclusive 2-Year-Old Infant Classroom
Noelia Ceballos; Ángela Saiz-Linares; Teresa Susinos
Journal of Early Childhood Research, v22 n3 p359-380 2024
The objective is to analyse the progress of a 2-year-olds classroom in a school in Cantabria (Spain) towards an inclusive participation project. The research, carried out over three school years, has been based on the qualitative paradigm and ethnographic approach. A variety of research strategies have been employed: participant observation; discussion groups; informal conversations; ambulation and child conferencing using image elicitation. We have analysed the transformation of the educational approach in a classroom for 2-year-olds into a pedagogy of inclusive participation. These transformation process have deployed through three practitioner enquiry cycles with different focuses: materials and proposals; curriculum as "progetazzione"; decision-making opportunities and child participation. These transformation processes have also allowed educators to move towards a critical ecology of the profession perspective. Finally, the teachers who enquired into their educational reality by listening to children, embarded on a process of transformation towards more participatory education.
Descriptors: Toddlers, Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Inclusion, Student Participation, Foreign Countries, Student Diversity, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Instructional Materials
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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: Spain
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