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Through a series of exquisite encounters with children, and through a lucid opening up of new aspects of poststructuralist theorizing, Bronwyn Davies opens up new ways of thinking about, and intra-acting with, children.

This book carefully guides the reader through a wave of thought that turns the known into the unknown, and then slowly, carefully, makes new forms of thought comprehensible, opening, through all the senses, a deep understanding of our embeddedness in encounters with each other and with the material world.

This book takes us into Reggio-Emilia-inspired Swedish preschools in Sweden, into the author's own community in Australia, into poignant memories of childhood, and offers the reader insights into:

  • new ways of thinking about children and their communities;

  • the act of listening as emergent and alive;

  • ourselves as mobile and multiple subjects;

  • the importance of remaining open to the no

    Table of Contents

    1. Children and community 2. Emergent listening as creative evolution 3. Being-knowing-becoming in relation to the other 4. Reading anger in early childhood intra-actions 5. The affective flows of art-making 6. Lines of flight in stories for children.

Listening to Children

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    A Paperback by Bronwyn Davies

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      Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
      Published 1/30/2014 12:05:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9781138780903
      978-1138780903
      ISBN-10 1138780901
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      Philosophy and theory of education Pre-school and kindergarten

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Through a series of exquisite encounters with children, and through a lucid opening up of new aspects of poststructuralist theorizing, Bronwyn Davies opens up new ways of thinking about, and intra-acting with, children.

      This book carefully guides the reader through a wave of thought that turns the known into the unknown, and then slowly, carefully, makes new forms of thought comprehensible, opening, through all the senses, a deep understanding of our embeddedness in encounters with each other and with the material world.

      This book takes us into Reggio-Emilia-inspired Swedish preschools in Sweden, into the author's own community in Australia, into poignant memories of childhood, and offers the reader insights into:

      • new ways of thinking about children and their communities;

      • the act of listening as emergent and alive;

      • ourselves as mobile and multiple subjects;

      • the importance of remaining open to the no

        Table of Contents

        1. Children and community 2. Emergent listening as creative evolution 3. Being-knowing-becoming in relation to the other 4. Reading anger in early childhood intra-actions 5. The affective flows of art-making 6. Lines of flight in stories for children.

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