ERIC Number: EJ906425
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010
Pages: 20
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Becoming Intimate with Developmental Knowledge: Pedagogical Explorations with Collective Biography
Pacini-Ketchabaw, Veronica; Kummen, Kathleen; Thompson, Deborah
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, v56 n3 p335-354 Fall 2010
In this article, we draw on postfoundational frameworks to make visible the subjectification processes by which practitioners simultaneously master and become mastered by developmental theories. We emphasize the implication of the entire minded-body in the processes of the developmental worker formation. We show these processes through empirical investigation with data gathered through collective biography in a child development graduate course in a child and youth care program. Often developmental psychology masks itself as "just natural" knowledge that informs our practice. However, the article shows that our relationship with developmental psychology is much more intricate and intimate than we might believe. This intimate relationship can provide new possibilities for resisting developmental knowledge in practice and training.
Descriptors: Biographies, Developmental Psychology, Child Development, Graduate Study, Child Care, Learning Theories, Early Childhood Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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