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Nomadic writing1 in early childhood education.

Authors :
Hermansson, Carina
Saar, Tomas
Source :
Journal of Early Childhood Literacy. Sep2017, Vol. 17 Issue 3, p426-443. 18p.
Publication Year :
2017

Abstract

This article explores how the processes of writing and writers emerge and transform in two examples of Swedish early childhood educational writing practices. Students’ writing is a multifaceted activity involving a myriad of interconnected elements; however, to make sense of what is going on, more knowledge is needed about the connectivity, the movement and the unpredictability inherent in these activities. Taking a posthuman and nomadic perspective, the article studies how text and writer are co-constituted through the interrelations between human elements and non-human elements. The article concludes that conceptualizing writing as nomadic provides a way to view young children's educational writing as sites of experimentation, thus guiding the pedagogical attention to the productive potential of the writing situation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
14687984
Volume :
17
Issue :
3
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Journal of Early Childhood Literacy
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
124605655
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1177/1468798417712341