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

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


Title: Children’s belonging constructed through material relations in multicultural early education settings
Author: Juutinen, Jaana
Ólafsdóttir, Sara Margrét   orcid.org/0000-0001-9473-0423
Einarsdóttir, Johanna
Date: 2023-04-05
Language: English
Scope: 1594033
School: Education
Department: Faculty of Education and Pedagogy
Series: Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research; ()
ISSN: 0031-3831
DOI: 10.1080/00313831.2023.2196540
Subject: Belonging; Early Childhood Education; Ethnography; Material relations; Research with children; research with children; material relations; early childhood education; ethnography; Education
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/4230

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Juutinen , J , Ólafsdóttir , S M & Einarsdóttir , J 2023 , ' Children’s belonging constructed through material relations in multicultural early education settings ' , Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research . https://doi.org/10.1080/00313831.2023.2196540

Abstract:

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.

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