Listening to Young Children's Voices

Reflections and Impact on Policy, Practice and a Sustainable Future
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-90500-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 184 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

By putting children’s voice at the heart of early childhood education, this essential textbook will help students truly understand what it is young children are saying and will show them how to support the promotion of the child’s voice.

Through an innovative story-like approach led by the perspective of children themselves, the authors encourage readers to critically consider how careful listening and responding to young children’s ideas and opinions provides exciting opportunities for a new pedagogical approach within education, thereby challenging dominant discourses. By focusing on real life examples of what children say about things that are important to them, Listening to Young Children’s Voices provides a wealth of ideas and practical exercises to support an understanding of effective listening. Drawing from research and professional experience, using theory and new conceptual ideas, the authors guide students to develop knowledge and critical thinking skills.

This book makes an important contribution to the discipline of early childhood education. It will be an invaluable tool for those working with and alongside young children, students, educationalists, and policy makers.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jones, Dawn

Tinney, Glenda

Hall, Selena

Williams, Karen

Williams-Brown, Zeta

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungswesen: Organisation und Verwaltung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Grundschulen, Hauptschulen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter One - ‘My teacher, my friend’ The detrimental relationships between children, friends and their teacher

Chapter Two - Busy doing nothing: The importance of pondering.

Chapter Three - It makes my legs go tired: The tricky matter of space and time.

Chapter Four - 'Woodlouse, spider, playdough, paint, mud, water, sand, scooters and more.children sharing the significant aspects of their reception class environment.

Chapter Five - “All the pegs start in the sun” Pedagogy and Identity

Chapter Six - The importance of Inclusion

Chapter Seven- Conclusion: I have much to say how will you listen

Über Autor(innen)

Dawn Jones, Senior Lecturer, University of Wolverhampton

Selena Hall, Lecturer, University of Wolverhampton

Glenda Tinney, Senior Lecturer, University of Wales Trinity Saint David

Zeta Williams-Brown Reader in Education, University of Wolverhampton

Karen Williams Senior Lecturer, University of Wolverhampton