Full Description
Early childhood teachers know that the quality of child-teacher interactions has an impact on children's social and educational outcomes. Talking with children is central to early learning, but the significant details of high quality conversations in early childhood settings are not always obvious. This Handbook brings together experts from across the globe to share evidence of teachers talking with children in early learning environments. It applies the methodology of conversation analysis to questions about early childhood education, and shows why this method of studying discourse can be a valuable resource for professional development in early childhood. Each chapter of this Handbook includes an up-to-date literature review; shows how interactional pedagogy can be achieved in everyday interactions; and demonstrates how to apply this learning in practice. It offers unique insights into real-life early childhood education practices, based on robust research findings, and provides practical advice for teaching and talking with children.
Contents
Introduction Amelia Church and Amanda Bateman; 1. Conversation analysis for early childhood teachers Amelia Church, Amanda Bateman and Susan Danby; 2. Sequences Mardi Kidwell; 3. Participation Amanda Bateman; 4. Embodiment Friederike Kern; 5. Emotion Asta Cekaite; 6. Socialisation Matthew Burdelski; 7. Epistemics Ilana Mushin and Rod Gardner; 8. Literacy Marjolein I. Deunk, Myrte N. Gosen, Frans Hiddink, and Jan Berenst; 9. Storytelling Anna Filipi; 10. Digital technologies Sandy Houen and Susan Danby; 11. Mathematics Caroline Cohrssen; 12. Creativity Christine Lee; 13. Multilingualism Jakob Cromdal and Kirsten Stoewer; 14. Belonging Polly Björk-Willén; 15. Play Annukka Pursia; 16. Mental health and wellbeing Michelle O'Reilly and Jessica Nina Lester; 17. Neurodiversity Laura Sterponi and Betty Yu; 18. Friendships Maryanne Theobald; 19. Conflict Amelia Church and Ekaterina Moore; 20. Morality Ann-Carita Evaldsson and Magnus Karlsson; 21. Families Akira Takada.
