Overview
- Furthers the development of PhD students in early childhood education
- Addresses fundamental issues of knowledge building
- Provides guidelines on the philosophy and theory of science
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Education (BRIEFSEDUCAT)
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This book concisely explores the distinguishing features of scientific knowledge and research in early childhood education and care (ECEC). It has a dual-level focus of containing and relating the concrete practices of conducting research with the more fundamental conceptual discussions around research – the Bildung of the researcher.
The book introduces and succinctly explains the concepts of methodology, theoretical knowledge about method, and how all parts of conducting research are informed by theory. The interrelation of these concepts, and many premises of research, are often regarded as assumed knowledge. In this book, premises of research are explicated and discussed, as well as methods on how to engage in informed dialogue.
This introductory text explicates many features of scientific knowing and knowledge building in ECEC that tend to be presumed rather than clarified. It will be important in furthering the professional development of PhDstudents, Master’s students, supervisors, and researchers.
The book introduces and succinctly explains the concepts of methodology, theoretical knowledge about method, and how all parts of conducting research are informed by theory. The interrelation of these concepts, and many premises of research, are often regarded as assumed knowledge. In this book, premises of research are explicated and discussed, as well as methods on how to engage in informed dialogue.
This introductory text explicates many features of scientific knowing and knowledge building in ECEC that tend to be presumed rather than clarified. It will be important in furthering the professional development of PhDstudents, Master’s students, supervisors, and researchers.
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Keywords
- metaphors in early childhood education
- Bildung of the researcher
- concepts of scientific methodology
- knowledge building in early childhood education
- professional development of PhD students
- philosophy and theory of science
- theory method analysis in early childhood education
- analysis of research process
- Bildung in scientific thinking
- learning to be a researcher
- how to conduct research in early childhood education and care
- philosophy and theory of science
- ‘dual-level’ learning
- forming one’s self as a researcher
- theory of research and science
- triangulation in early childhood education
Table of contents (7 chapters)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Niklas Pramling is Professor of Education at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He has a background in cultural studies, literature history and psychology. He wrote his Doctor of Philosophy dissertation (PhD) in Educational science (Swe. pedagogik) entitled, Minding Metaphors: Using Figurative Language in Learning to Represent. The dissertation concerned the use of metaphors and other forms of figurative language in learning and knowledge building. He has since then conducted research primarily on children-teacher communication in preschool in relation to narrative, literacy, music, nature knowing, play, teaching, bilingualism, and digital technologies. He is the leader of two Swedish national research schools for preschool teachers, funded by the Swedish Research Council.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Methodology for Early Childhood Education and Care Research
Book Subtitle: Premises and Principles of Scientific Knowledge Building
Authors: Niklas Pramling
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24174-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-24173-4Published: 17 February 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-24174-1Published: 16 February 2023
Series ISSN: 2211-1921
Series E-ISSN: 2211-193X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 76
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations
Topics: Early Childhood Education, Education, general, Research Skills, Educational Psychology