Using Cross-Cultural Conversations to Contextualize Understandings of Play: A Multinational Study

Autor/inn/en	Kinkead-Clark, Zoyah; Hardacre, Charlotte
Titel	Using Cross-Cultural Conversations to Contextualize Understandings of Play: A Multinational Study
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 187 (2017) 5-6, S.935-945 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
DOI	10.1080/03004430.2016.1244673
Schlagwörter	Play; Cultural Context; Student Diversity; Teacher Researchers; Discourse Analysis; Ethnography; Observation; Semi Structured Interviews; Transcripts (Written Records); Educational Practices; Teaching Methods; Qualitative Research; Cognitive Structures; Educational Policy; Cultural Influences; Teacher Attitudes; Preschool Education; Foreign Countries; Content Analysis; Jamaica; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Spiel; Lehrerforschung; Diskursanalyse; Ethnografie; Beobachtung; Bildungspraxis; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Qualitative Forschung; Cognitive structure; Kognitive Struktur; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Lehrerverhalten; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Ausland; Inhaltsanalyse; Großbritannien
Abstract	The following study examines two researchers' perspectives on play in the lives of children from diverse cultural contexts. Two questions guided this study: (1) how do researchers conceptualize children's play and (2) what shapes their understanding of play. In order to answer these questions, a critical discourse was established between two researchers who had each completed ethnographic studies of play in the UK and Jamaica. The initial research studies comprised of observations, semi-structured interviews, field notes and collection of artefacts relating to play. Through discourse, new understandings were unearthed by examining the different contexts of play. The aim of this study is to contextualize our understanding of play and to expand our notions of play beyond researcher positionalities. This discursive method allows concepts of play to be grounded, but not restricted by national contexts through juxtaposition with multinational policies, programmes and practices. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01