Editors:
- Is in line with the UN and UNESCO request for a loci-based, ecological, integral education
- Shows that exploration will support transformative learning
- Proves that cultures of exploration are relevant for early childhood education and societies at large
Part of the book series: International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education and Development (CHILD, volume 29)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
This open access book examines the educational conditions that support cultures of exploration in kindergartens. It conceptualises cultures of exploration, whether those cultures are created through children’s own engagement or are demanded of them through undertaking specific tasks within different institutional settings. It shows how the conditions for children’s exploration form a web of activities in different settings with social relationships, local landscapes and artefacts. The book builds on the understanding of cultural traditions as deeply implicated in the developmental processes, meaning that local considerations must be reflected in education for sustainable futures. Therefore the book examines and conceptualises exploration and cultural formation through locally situated cases and navigates toward global educational concepts. The book provides different windows into how children may explore in everyday practice settings in kindergarten, and contributes to a loci-based, ecological, integral knowledge relevant for early childhood education.
Keywords
- children's learning and development through exploration
- exploration in kindergarten
- children's transcendence to school learning
- "glocal" pedagogy
- froebel and explorative education
- cultural-historical concept of playground activities
- children and teachers as musical explorers
- cultural formation
- dialogical engagement
- children's play and learning activity
- inclusion and exclusion
- pedagogical hybridity through Froebel
- Open Access
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Mariane Hedegaard
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Faculty of Education, Arts & Sports, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway
Elin Eriksen Ødegaard
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Children's Exploration and Cultural Formation
Editors: Mariane Hedegaard, Elin Eriksen Ødegaard
Series Title: International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education and Development
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36271-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-36270-6Published: 29 February 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-36273-7Published: 18 September 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-36271-3Published: 28 February 2020
Series ISSN: 2468-8746
Series E-ISSN: 2468-8754
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 187
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: Early Childhood Education, Infancy and Early Childhood Development, International and Comparative Education, Child and School Psychology