Researching Child-Dog Relationships and Narratives in the Classroom: Rhythms of Posthuman Childhoods

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Donna Carlyle (Northumbria University, UK)

Researching Child-Dog Relationships and Narratives in the Classroom

Rhythms of Posthuman Childhoods

Donna Carlyle (Northumbria University, UK)

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Routledge
13 February 2024

Psychological theory & schools of thought; Child & developmental psychology; Pre-school & kindergarten; Psychotherapy; Animal behaviour

Series: Explorations in Developmental Psychology

This interdisciplinary book explores posthuman and psychological approaches to childhood education and well-being by examining ‘animal-assisted’ education, using qualitative approaches to understand the nuanced mechanisms which unfold in child-dog interactions.

Mapping the lives of children in a primary school setting and the relationships they share with their school and classroom dog, Ted, the book provides insight into everyday child-dog encounters, the importance of touch in middle childhood and how ‘bodiment’ offers a corporeal and compassionate means to understand the rhythm and musicality in interspecies communication. In doing so, the book uses the unique orientation of ‘rhythmanalysis’, a posthuman critical theory, and new materialist orientation in multispecies empathic childhood flourishing in the future. Reflecting contemporary interest in child-dog companionship, picture books, children’s flourishing, and children’s well-being, the book provides a nuanced multi-disciplinary overview of the field.

Using creative methods as well as spatial, sensory, and movement theory, this book will appeal to scholars, researchers, and academics in the fields of cognitive psychology, child and adolescent psychiatry, and primary and elementary education. Those interested in the early years will also benefit from this volume.

By: Donna Carlyle (Northumbria University UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 530g
ISBN: 9781032434247
ISBN 10: 1032434244
Series: Explorations in Developmental Psychology
Pages: 186
Publication Date: 13 February 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Donna Carlyle is Assistant Professor, Post-Doctorate Researcher, and former Specialist Health Visitor and Psychotherapist, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, UK.

Reviews for Researching Child-Dog Relationships and Narratives in the Classroom: Rhythms of Posthuman Childhoods

"""This beautifully crafted book deploys a range of creative methodological practices to illuminate the relationality and materiality of school classrooms. Drawing on posthumanism, new materialism, human geography, psychogeography, and creative practices the books focuses on Ted, the classroom dog. An empathic and walking ethnography reveals dog-human moments, rhythms, and bodiments of interspecies communication in classrooms. The combination of images, etudes, musical scores, photography, and field notes highlights a layering of wander lines which chart the impact of Ted as he connects with bodies, classrooms, and affects. This book is a must for those who wish to explore more-than-human classroom encounters and multispecies empathic flourishing and relationships in a creative and novel way."" - Dr Nikki Fairchild, Associate Professor in Creative Methodologies and Education, University of Portsmouth ""This beautifully crafted book deploys a range of creative methodological practices to illuminate the relationality and materiality of school classrooms. Drawing on posthumanism, new materialism, human geography, psychogeography, and creative practices the books focuses on Ted, the classroom dog. An empathic and walking ethnography reveals dog-human moments, rhythms, and bodiments of interspecies communication in classrooms. The combination of images, etudes, musical scores, photography, and field notes highlights a layering of wander lines which chart the impact of Ted as he connects with bodies, classrooms, and affects. This book is a must for those who wish to explore more-than-human classroom encounters and multispecies empathic flourishing and relationships in a creative and novel way."" - Dr Nikki Fairchild, Associate Professor in Creative Methodologies and Education, University of Portsmouth"