Postdevelopmental Approaches to Challenging Myths and Misconceptions in Early Childhood Art

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Heather G. Kaplan (University of Texas at El Paso, USA) Christine Marmé Thompson (Pennsylvania State University, USA)

Postdevelopmental Approaches to Challenging Myths and Misconceptions in Early Childhood Art

Name: Postdevelopmental Approaches to Challenging Myths and Misconceptions in Early Childhood Art
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ISBN: 9781350539280

Heather G. Kaplan (University of Texas at El Paso, USA), Christine Marmé Thompson (Pennsylvania State University, USA)

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English

Bloomsbury Academic
16 April 2026

Theory of art; Child & developmental psychology; Teaching of a specific subject

Series: Postdevelopmental Approaches to Childhood

This book examines the role that adults play in shaping children’s earliest experiences of art making and challenges common myths and misconceptions around early childhood art.

Written from a postdevelopmentalist position, it offers new approaches to teaching that foster children’s agency and participation with art. Drawing on the works of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, Jacques Ranciére, Lauren Berlant and Elizabeth Grosz, the authors explore a range of theoretical perspectives, including childism/adultism, epistemic injustice, postdevelopmentalism, posthumanism, motherscholarship and new materialism to present an alternative vision of young children. The book includes chapters from academics and practitioners based in Canada, Finland, the UK and the US, and makes use of rich photographic documentations and vivid case studies of practice to illustrate different approaches and teaching of art in early childhood. By sharing artmaking experiences from different cultures and contexts the contributors reconceptualise the art studio as somewhere to reimagine the cultural identity of young learners.

Edited by: Heather G. Kaplan (University of Texas at El Paso USA), Christine Marmé Thompson (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 236mm, Width: 164mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 580g
ISBN: 9781350539280
ISBN 10: 1350539287
Series: Postdevelopmental Approaches to Childhood
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 16 April 2026
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Heather G. Kaplan is Assistant Professor of Art Education at the University of Texas El Paso, USA. Christine Marmé Thompson is Professor Emeritx at Pennsylvania State University, USA.