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Pedagogical Innovation for Children's Agency in the Classroom

Building Knowledge Together

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Authors:
  1. Federico Farini

    1. Centre for Psychological and Sociological Sciences, University of Northampton, Northampton, UK

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  2. Angela Scollan

    1. Centre for Education Research and Scholarship, Middlesex University, London, UK

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  • Combines a data-driven methodology for pedagogical innovation with a children's rights framework
  • Offers readers the opportunity to reflect on their own research practices
  • Includes provocations for reflection in the form of prompts at the end of chapters

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introducing the Book

    • Federico Farini, Angela Scollan
    Pages 1-18

  3. The Culture of a Project of Pedagogical Innovation

    • Federico Farini, Angela Scollan
    Pages 19-60

  4. What Is Facilitation ?

    • Federico Farini, Angela Scollan
    Pages 61-98

  5. How We Can Say What We Say: The Methodology of Facilitation , the Methodology of Observing Facilitation

    • Federico Farini, Angela Scollan
    Pages 99-142

  6. How Did It Go? Building Knowledge Together with the Help of Facilitative Actions

    • Federico Farini, Angela Scollan
    Pages 143-177

  7. Children’s Personal Initiatives and What They Mean for Facilitation

    • Federico Farini, Angela Scollan
    Pages 179-208

  8. Welcome to the Real World: A View on the Intricacies of Facilitation During Project-Based Approach Workshops (and Probably During All Sorts of Educational Practices)

    • Federico Farini, Angela Scollan
    Pages 209-241

  9. Trusting the Process: Pedagogical Innovation for Children’s Agency in the Classroom

    • Federico Farini, Angela Scollan
    Pages 243-265

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 267-282
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About this book

This book introduces the use of facilitation to support children’s agency in the classroom as authors of knowledge. The authors draw on research undertaken in two Year Three classrooms, in which children were invited to share photographs in a workshop to facilitate the sharing and creation of narratives. Motivated by the idea that elevating children’s status to constructors of knowledge is essential for a pedagogy of authentic listening, understandings of childhood are challenged in relation to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the tension between self-determination and the protection of children. The book will be of interest to academics, students and practitioners in the areas of education, early childhood studies, sociology of childhood, social work, children’s rights and educational management.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Centre for Psychological and Sociological Sciences, University of Northampton, Northampton, UK

    Federico Farini

  • Centre for Education Research and Scholarship, Middlesex University, London, UK

    Angela Scollan

About the authors

Federico Farini is Professor of Sociology at the University of Northampton, UK.

Angela Scollan is Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Studies and Education at Middlesex University, UK.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Pedagogical Innovation for Children's Agency in the Classroom

  • Book Subtitle: Building Knowledge Together

  • Authors: Federico Farini, Angela Scollan

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28501-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-28500-4Published: 01 June 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-28503-5Due: 02 July 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-28501-1Published: 31 May 2023

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 282

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Education, general, Early Childhood Education, Education, general, Education, general, Education, general

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