Children’s belonging constructed through material relations in multicultural early education settings

Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This study explores how children construct their belonging in culturally diverse early childhood settings in Finland and Iceland. Belonging is understood as a holistic phenomenon that i...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research
Main Authors: Juutinen, Jaana, Ólafsdóttir, Sara Margrét, Einarsdóttir, Johanna
Other Authors: Faculty of Education and Pedagogy, Education
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2023
Subjects:
Belonging
Early Childhood Education
Ethnography
Material relations
Research with children
Education
Iceland
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/4230
https://doi.org/10.1080/00313831.2023.2196540
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Summary:Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This study explores how children construct their belonging in culturally diverse early childhood settings in Finland and Iceland. Belonging is understood as a holistic phenomenon that is constructed through various relations. The study is a multiple-case study, influenced by ethnographic approaches, conducted with children in two preschool settings, one in Finland and one in Iceland. The children were invited on walking tours with researchers and tablet computers, and participatory observations were utilised. The findings explore the daily moments in which belonging becomes constructed, involving movements, timing, touch, and play, relationally generated moments between children, and their material relations. Peer reviewed

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