The Theory and Practice of Voice in Early Childhood : An International Exploration.
- First edition.
- [Place of publication not identified] : Routledge, 2022.
- 1 online resource (232 pages).
Prologue: The Look Who's Talking Project: Principles and Practices for Eliciting VoiceLorna Arnott and Kate WallSection 1 Voice and Democracy1. Theorising Voice and DemocracyClaire Cassidy and Carol Robinson2. Under Threes as Active Meaning Makers in EnglandErica Evans3. Map-do-review: Children as Leaders and Planners in ScotlandSarah J. Laing4. Babies' Voices as Multimodal Expressions in EnglandLiz Rouse5. Children as Informed Architects of their Own Learning Spaces in ScotlandLesley MorrisonSection 2 Culture of Voice and Listening6. Theorising Power and Listening: The Route to a Culture of ViolenceLorna Arnott and Kate Wall7. Children's Views about their Nursery Experiences in JordanOmayya M. Al-Hassan8. Adapting the Families Connect Programme for Three-Year-Olds: A Case StudyJason Bowden-King and Lucy Williams with Jennifer Magness9. Visual Methods for Encouraging Adult-Child Dialogue in ScotlandAnna Robb10. Learning and Sharing the Language of the Child in ScotlandBea Anderson and Lindsay RautmanSection 3 Spaces, Places, Skills and Tools for Voice11. Theorising Spaces, Places, Skills and Tools for Voice Work in Early ChildhoodCaralyn Blaisdell12. Photography as Expressive Voice in New ZealandFiona McAlevey13. Pedagogical Documentation Tools as a Culture of Children's Voice in Turkish Early Years SettingsSelda Aras, Figen Şahin, Arif Yılmaz and Ayça Ülker14. Children's Involvement in Auditing the Learning Environment in ScotlandLynn J. McNair and Caralyn Blaisdell15. Marvellous Mealtimes at Bowhouse Early Learning and Childcare Centre in ScotlandGemma Paterson Section 4 Enabling and Building Capacity for Voice16. Theorising Enabling and Building Capacity for VoiceKate Wall and Lorna Arnott17. Going on Trips: Creating Opportunities for Children to be Heard in NorwayDaisy Picardal18. Advocating for Play-Inspired Methods for Voice in QatarZainab Attar19. Progressing Children's Voices in Rural ArmeniaSatenik Khachatryan20. Towards a Baby Signing Approach (BSA) to Voice in EnglandAmanda NormanSection 5 Conclusions and Useful Resources21. Concluding Thoughts on Eliciting Voice from Birth to SevenLorna Arnott and Kate WallIndex
Seeing young children as competent and capable social actors, Theory and Practice of Voice in Early Childhood looks at how we can better understand young children's perspectives. Drawing on the 'Look Who's Talking' project, it focuses on the eight talking point posters: voice; democracy; culture; listen with purpose; space and place; skills and tools; enable and build capacity to help readers critically reflect on what voice means to them and for the children with which they work. Combining the work of scholars and academics with front line workers and practitioners, each section groups two of the posters and provides an overview of the key theory followed by international case studies to illustrate how this thinking might be translated into practice. The book looks at all aspects of children's voice and how to ensure that all children, including those traditionally viewed as too young, with special needs, or too disengaged, to have a voice. Including reflections and suggesting points for exploration and dialogue between practitioners, families and children, this will be valuable reading for those that wish to make the ideological principles of children's Voice a practical reality.