Capturing Children's Meanings in Early Childhood Research and Practice

<p><em>Capturing Children’s Meanings in Early Childhood Research and Practice</em> draws together contemporary research and established theories to produce a unique take on the meanings children express through a range of creative tools. Drawing on Reggio Emilia and the Mosaic approach this book provides readers with a range of strategies for accessing recording and interpreting young children’s perceptions of and responses to their experiences. </p><p>Providing a synthesis of the multiple imaginative ways we can capture young children’s meanings through observations art photo elicitation mindfulness music and other creative methods Halpenny covers topics such as:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>Negotiating challenges presented by researching with children</li> <p> </p> <li>Frameworks for seeing and hearing children’s intentions</li> <p> </p> <li>Accurately documenting and interpreting research findings</li> <p> </p> <li>Promoting children’s meanings and their performance of them</li> <p> </p> <li>Moving forward with new understandings</li> </ul><p>This book is an indispensable resource for students of early childhood education especially for courses focusing on the lived experiences of children from early to middle childhood. It is also a useful reference for those working with young children in educational and caregiving settings and for those advocating for young children. </p>