{"product_id":"journeys-9781442609426","title":"Journeys","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by the idea of documentation as a valuable tool for making learning visible, pedagogical narration offers an opportunity to move beyond checklists and quick answers to a more complex understanding of how children learn, and how teachers might facilitate and support that learning in innovative ways. The authors use stories they collected during a collaborative study to offer a range of possibilities for alternative childhood pedagogies. Cutting edge, yet practical; detailed in its analysis, yet inspiring, this book is a boon to the field of early childhood and primary education studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations   Acknowledgements   Beginning   Locating Ourselves   How to Use This Book       1. Engaging with Complexity    Creating a Collaborative Critically Reflective Community   Connections and Disruptions: Encounters with Diverse Perspectives   Rethinking Professional Development   Collaborative Action Research and Politicizing Practice    Rethinking Quality in the Early Childhood Education Field    Shifting Our Focus from Understanding Practice to Complexifying Practices      2. Reflecting Critically   Bringing a Critical Perspective to Child Development   What Do We Mean by Critical Reflection?   Critical Reflection and Political Intentionality   Theoretical Tools for Critical Reflection   Pedagogical Narration: A Tool for Critical Reflection    From Reflection to Diffraction      3. Challenging Assumptions   Images of the Child    Images of the Educator    Images of the Family   Challenging Assumptions Complexifies the Learning Journey   Pedagogical Narrations in the Making: From Our Work with Educators   Princesses and Pirates   The Tiara   Becoming Rapunzel   Entangled Bodies   Building a Fort      4. Thinking Together   Pedagogical Narration as a Tool to Complexify Practices    Documenting Children's Learning across Three Contexts    Reggio Emilia: Pedagogical Documentation   The McDonaldization of Pedagogical Documentation    Pedagogical Documentation as a Discourse of Meaning-Making   Pedagogical Narration as a Political Tool   Pedagogical Narration as a Vehicle for Public Dialogue   Pedagogical Narration as a Materializing Apparatus of Knowing      5. Opening to Possibilities   Engaging with Pedagogical Narrations through Multiple Lenses   Postfoundational Perspectives   Opening to Multiple Perspectives Complexifies the Learning Journey      6. Opening to Ethics    Inviting an Ethical Approach into Our Practice   Pedagogical Narration as a Nomadic Ethical Act   Centring Ethical Potentials in Our Practice      Staying in Motion      Understanding Our Language: A Glossary   Appendix: Project Summaries   Investigating Quality (IQ) Project   British Columbia Early Learning Framework Implementation Project   References   Index     British Columbia Early Learning Framework Implementation Project","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408347767127,"sku":"9781442609426","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442609426.jpg?v=1730502539","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/journeys-9781442609426","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}