ERIC Number: EJ1094844
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-0256-8543
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A Reflective Encounter with the Fine Sand Area in a Nursery School Setting
Barnett, Anthony
Journal of Research in Childhood Education, v30 n2 p260-272 2016
This article draws on a model of reflection that involves creating meanings through repeated encounters with evocative objects. Responses to one such evocative object, a 20-second video clip of children playing in the fine sand area, illustrates the "turning toward" and then "turning away" from the object to engage with broader themes. Parten's play types are used when analyzing children's play in the fine sand area (the evocative object). The focus then turns away to themes of English as a second language, messy play, energies of childhood, and Foucault's docile bodies. The intention was to integrate loosely formulated research aims relating to quality of the physical environment within the evolving life of the nursery setting to encourage a developing research orientation and reflective disposition. This way of approaching practitioner research is well adapted to a longer-term engagement with enduring areas of interest, such as developing the potential of the physical environment.
Descriptors: Nursery Schools, Play, Video Technology, Physical Environment, English Language Learners, Reflection, Qualitative Research, Foreign Countries, Observation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Preschool Education; Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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