Educational Research with Our Youngest: Voices of Infants and Toddlers

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Interpreting the voices of under three year olds is central to early childhood education. Yet entering into their life-worlds is fraught with challenges and unrealised possibilities. This ground-breaking book generates a dialogue about the multiple ways researchers have exploited a range of methods for approaching, accessing, understanding and interpreting infant voice. Each chapter explores the kinds of ethical considerations and dilemmas that may arise in this process. The book itself represents a chorus of international voices (researchers, children, teachers and parents), all adding to a discussion about various circumstances, dilemmas and possibilities involved in doing research with our youngest. This book is an essential read for researchers and teachers alike who seek to 'listen' and 'see' very young children with fresh ears and eyes. Front Matter....Pages i-xix Introduction: Giving Words to Children’s Voices in Research....Pages 1-13 Two Steps Back: Exploring Identity and Presence While Observing Infants in the Nursery....Pages 15-38 Investigating Morality in Toddler’s Life-Worlds....Pages 39-62 ‘Seeing’ the Toddler: Voices or Voiceless?....Pages 63-85 Embodied Voices and Voicing Embodied Knowing: Accessing and Developing Young Children’s Aesthetic Movement Skills....Pages 87-106 “Visual Vivencias”: A Cultural-Historical Tool for Understanding the Lived Experiences of Young Children’s Everyday Lives....Pages 107-133 Taking a “Generous” Approach in Research with Young Children....Pages 135-160 Lived Experience as an Observer Among Toddlers....Pages 161-183 Summary: Lessons Learnt and Future Provocations....Pages 185-201 Back Matter....Pages 203-206