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Kim and I have been thinking together about issues in early childhood practice since 2007. I have been involved in a research project, Investigating Quality (IQ), (Pacini-Ketchabaw, Nxumalo, Kocher, Elliot, & Sanchez, 2013) that had begun in 2006 under the auspices of the University of Victoria, British Columbia (BC), Canada. This project invited early childhood educators to gather together to think critically, question assumptions, and look more deeply into their practice. Kim had joined the monthly meetings in the second year as a preschool teacher from a local cooperative preschool where she was the teacher of a group of 18 children with parents helping her; she was an articulate and reflective member of our group.
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Atkinson, K., Elliot, E. (2013). An Ongoing Exploration of Uncertainty: Ethical Identities—Ours and Children’s. In: Duncan, J., Conner, L. (eds) Research Partnerships in Early Childhood Education. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137346889_7
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