Creating spaces called hope: the critical leadership role of owner/managers in developing outdoor pedagogies for infants and toddlers
Journal article
Kemp, N. and Josephidou, Jo 2023. Creating spaces called hope: the critical leadership role of owner/managers in developing outdoor pedagogies for infants and toddlers. Early Years. https://doi.org/10.1080/09575146.2023.2235913
Authors | Kemp, N. and Josephidou, Jo |
---|---|
Abstract | There is increasing concern about the ways in which neoliberalism is impacting Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC), particularly in relation to infants and toddlers. The neoliberal agenda positions the outdoors as risky and a place to be physically active, potentially excluding the youngest children from these spaces. Drawing upon case study data from a larger project exploring outdoor provision for infants and toddlers in England, we demonstrate the critical leadership role owner/managers can play. They do this by creating different kinds of pedagogic spaces (cultural, physical, and reflective) for practitioners to develop their outdoor practices. We argue that the creation of such spaces involves what Freire (1970) terms ‘conscientization’ and requires explicit acts of resistance and disruption to neoliberal understandings about the place of infants and toddlers outdoors. Our research demonstrates the potential for owner/managers to act as critical pedagogues creating ‘spaces called hope’ (Christensen and Anderson 2012). |
Keywords | Early years; Early child education and care; Neoliberalism; Outdoor provision |
Year | 2023 |
Journal | Early Years |
Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
ISSN | 0957-5146 |
1472-4421 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/09575146.2023.2235913 |
Official URL | https://doi.org/10.1080/09575146.2023.2235913 |
Funder | The Froebel Trust |
Publication dates | |
Online | 23 Jul 2023 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 06 Jul 2023 |
Accepted | 06 Jul 2023 |
Accepted author manuscript | File Access Level Restricted |
Output status | Published |
Additional information | Publications router: Date 2023-07-06 of type 'accepted_date' included in notification. |
Publications router: License for VOR version of this article starting on 2023-07-23: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ included in notification | |
License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
Page range | 1-15 |
https://repository.canterbury.ac.uk/item/95020/creating-spaces-called-hope-the-critical-leadership-role-of-owner-managers-in-developing-outdoor-pedagogies-for-infants-and-toddlers
65
total views1
total downloads1
views this month0
downloads this month