Journeys

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Beginning Locating Ourselves How to Use This Book 1. Engaging with Complexity Creating a Collaborative Critically Reflective Community Connections and Disruptions: Encounters with Diverse Perspectives Rethinking Professional Development Collaborative Action Research and Politicizing Practice Rethinking Quality in the Early Childhood Education Field Shifting Our Focus from Understanding Practice to Complexifying Practices 2. Reflecting Critically Bringing a Critical Perspective to Child Development What Do We Mean by Critical Reflection? Critical Reflection and Political Intentionality Theoretical Tools for Critical Reflection Pedagogical Narration: A Tool for Critical Reflection From Reflection to Diffraction 3. Challenging Assumptions Images of the Child Images of the Educator Images of the Family Challenging Assumptions Complexifies the Learning Journey Pedagogical Narrations in the Making: From Our Work with Educators Princesses and Pirates The Tiara Becoming Rapunzel Entangled Bodies Building a Fort 4. Thinking Together Pedagogical Narration as a Tool to Complexify Practices Documenting Children's Learning across Three Contexts Reggio Emilia: Pedagogical Documentation The McDonaldization of Pedagogical Documentation Pedagogical Documentation as a Discourse of Meaning-Making Pedagogical Narration as a Political Tool Pedagogical Narration as a Vehicle for Public Dialogue Pedagogical Narration as a Materializing Apparatus of Knowing 5. Opening to Possibilities Engaging with Pedagogical Narrations through Multiple Lenses Postfoundational Perspectives Opening to Multiple Perspectives Complexifies the Learning Journey 6. Opening to Ethics Inviting an Ethical Approach into Our Practice Pedagogical Narration as a Nomadic Ethical Act Centring Ethical Potentials in Our Practice Staying in Motion Understanding Our Language: A Glossary Appendix: Project Summaries Investigating Quality (IQ) Project British Columbia Early Learning Framework Implementation Project References Index British Columbia Early Learning Framework Implementation Project