Does Santa Exist? Children's Everyday Narratives as Dynamic Meeting Places in a Day Care Centre Context

Autor/inn/en	Puroila, Anna-Maija; Estola, Eila; Syrjala, Leena
Titel	Does Santa Exist? Children's Everyday Narratives as Dynamic Meeting Places in a Day Care Centre Context
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 182 (2012) 2, S.191-206 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
DOI	10.1080/03004430.2010.549942
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Child Care; Child Care Centers; Kindergarten; Ethnography; Research Methodology; Personal Narratives; Inquiry; Ethics; Finland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Child care facilities; Child care services; Kinderzentrum; Ethnografie; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Erlebniserzählung; Ethik; Finnland
Abstract	The article attempts to answer the question: What is the nature of children's everyday narratives in a day care centre context? The theoretical framework of this study is based on a narrative approach. The research material was gathered through applying the methodology of narrative ethnography. The article is based on observational material collected from three groups of children within day care centres over the course of one year. The material was analysed through dialogic analysis of narratives. For the purpose of the article, one narrative is used as an evocative anecdote to illustrate research findings revealing the emerging nature of children's narratives characterised by fragmentariness, multimodality, collaboration and a complex relationship between narrative and context. The article challenges the predominant formalist discourse on children's narratives, and suggests utilising the pedagogical potential of young children's narratives in the day care centre context. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10