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Constituting play connection with very young children: Adults' active participation in play
This article contributes to this line of research by analyzing adults' participation in joint play with very young children. The data consist of 10 rich make-believe play cases taken from 150 h of videotaped, naturally occurring interactions in a group care setting. The results show that the ability of adults to build sustained co-participation in play with very young children demands delicately timed observations, initiatives and responses with attuned and coordinated use of gesture, gaze and talk. In all, this study provides one way to study and understand better what adults are doing in practice while they are acti...
Source: Learning, Culture and Social Interaction - July 10, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Māori children's everyday learning over the summer holidays
Publication date: June 2018Source: Learning, Culture and Social Interaction, Volume 17Author(s): Sarika Rona, Margaret Forster, John O'NeillAbstractChildren spend most of their lives learning from everyday experiences; they learn about their culture, how to live and be part of their family and community. This paper reports on a pilot study of everyday learning over the summer holidays to determine how and what selected Māori children learn in their everyday environment. This qualitative study used autodriving and photo elicitation over a 12 week period to facilitate conversations with three Māori children about ever...
Source: Learning, Culture and Social Interaction - July 10, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Uncovering the pedagogical potential of texts: Curriculum materials in classroom interaction in first language and literature education
In this study, 29 First language and literature lessons are analysed to discover different ways in which texts that are part of curriculum materials are used in the curriculum. The findings indicate that the identification of the pedagogical potential of the texts demands a profound understanding of the subject matter. Moreover, the realization of this potential always involves creativity and improvisation. Thus, we suggest that preparedness to read curriculum materials analytically and critically is a core component of teachers' expertise. (Source: Learning, Culture and Social Interaction)
Source: Learning, Culture and Social Interaction - July 10, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Children's explorations of the concept of spinning in preschool: Science learning in mediated activity
Publication date: June 2018Source: Learning, Culture and Social Interaction, Volume 17Author(s): Robin SamuelssonAbstractThis paper examines how children explore the concept of spinning during a preschool project. It takes a cultural-historical approach, and analyzes how artifacts can be used in development of abstract concepts. In line with the pedagogical goals teachers employ these in learning activities during the project in line with their pedagogical goals. Children encounter the activities with different linguistic and perceptual means; there is, however, across the project a shift towards learning activities that p...
Source: Learning, Culture and Social Interaction - July 10, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Connecting to the outside: Cultural resources teachers use when contextualizing instruction
Publication date: June 2018Source: Learning, Culture and Social Interaction, Volume 17Author(s): Kenneth Silseth, Ola ErstadAbstractThe aim of this article is to examine what resources teachers mobilize when contextualizing instruction. In this instructional method, teachers use students' everyday experiences as tools for teaching subject matter at school. Research has documented that contextualizing instruction can support classroom learning. However, we do not know very much about what types of resources teachers view as relevant in this kind of instructional work. In this article, we analyze video data of student-teache...
Source: Learning, Culture and Social Interaction - July 10, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research