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The educational nature of different ways teachers communicate with children about natural phenomena
Kristianstad University, School of Education and Environment, Avdelningen för Pedagogik. Kristianstad University, Forskningsmiljön Barndom, Lärande och Utbildning (BALU).ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3109-3943
Department of Education, Communication and Learning , University of Gothenburg .
2014 (English)In: International Journal of Early Years Education, ISSN 0966-9760, E-ISSN 1469-8463, Vol. 22, no 1, p. 59-72Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This empirical study analyses the qualitatively different ways in which teachers approach children’s learning in and about nature. The empirical data consists of video observations of children and teachers communicating with one another around natural phenomena found during excursions into a forest. Variation theory is presented as a framework for analysing the opportunities teachers provide for children’s learning. The study identifies three qualitatively different ways in which teachers communicate with children: one based on the principle of opening up dimensions of variation, the second building on presumed shared previous experience as a resource for making sense of a novel observation and the third involving children through using a make-believe playful approach. The implications of these three different approaches for children’s learning are discussed.

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2014. Vol. 22, no 1, p. 59-72
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learning, nature, preschool, science, teaching approaches
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-10031DOI: 10.1080/09669760.2013.809656OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hkr-10031DiVA, id: diva2:588177
Available from: 2013-01-15 Created: 2013-01-15 Last updated: 2017-12-06Bibliographically approved

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