Developing Thinking and Understanding in Young Children presents a comprehensive and
accessible overview of contemporary theory and research about young children's …

Children's curiosity about their lives and worlds motivates many interests. Yet, adults often
have fixed ideas about what children's interests are and have been criticised for trivialising …

Many scholars are influenced by the theoretical contributions of Lev Vygotsky. Significant
post-Vygotskian scholarly writing highlights sociocultural perspectives of understanding …

As the COVID-19 virus has spread worldwide, much attention has been paid to its impact on
the health and wellbeing of adults, with less attention to how the virus has impacted on …

Introduction Young children are interested in and curious about their lives and worlds from
birth. Curiosity and inquiry are what motivates children to engage in theorising. Working …

The aim of this thesis is to contribute knowledge on conditions for science teaching in
preschool. While Swedish preschool practices commonly build on children's subjective …

Capturing Children's Meanings in Early Childhood Research and Practice draws together
contemporary research and established theories to produce a unique take on the meanings …

To our knowledge, no studies have used Bourdieu's theoretical contributions to frame
investigations on how early childhood education (ECE) teaching materials construct body …

How are religiously based eating regulations navigated in kindergarten, and how does the
pedagogical context influence the children's understandings of religion and nationality? This …

A number of research studies have utilised 'working theories', a key learning outcome of Te
Whāriki, the Aotearoa New Zealand curriculum, as a lens to explore pedagogy in early …