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Paradigmatic Discourses: Reconceptualizing the Role of the Critical Paradigm and Revisiting the Image of the Child as a Social Agent

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This chapter provides a brief literature review analysis addressing the myriad educational paradigms that inform the field of early childhood pedagogy. The analysis shows how these paradigms, through their use of pedagogical terminologies, represent the child as a learner who engages in the process of pedagogical decision-making. We categorize these educational paradigms into the four broad clusters of modern, constructivist, postmodern, and critical-participatory. We argue that although pedagogical terms describing the image of the child are well defined within and applicable to the different paradigms, these terms tend to shift in scope when put in the context of practical applications of early childhood curriculum and pedagogy. In other words, a given pedagogical term often is interpreted differently from its theoretical intent when applied to the pedagogical context. Further, when pedagogical terms are shared across paradigms, this contributes to the already extant ambiguity in interpretation and application. Thus, we conclude that the multidimensional and inter-relational use of pedagogical terms creates a possibility for paradigmatic continuity that supports an ambiguity of interpretations about the image of the child. In the final section, we suggest that this issue can be addressed if educators and scholars engage in key critical discourses. When educators are familiar with critical discourses and practised in applying critical thought, they engage in participatory pedagogy and help to re-establish the concept of the child as a social agent.

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Shalimo, D.(., Portelli, J.P. (2021). Paradigmatic Discourses: Reconceptualizing the Role of the Critical Paradigm and Revisiting the Image of the Child as a Social Agent. In: Kinkead-Clark, Z., Escayg, KA. (eds) Reconceptualizing Quality in Early Childhood Education, Care and Development. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69013-7_2

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