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'Seen but not heard’. Practitioners work with poverty and the organising out of disadvantaged children’s voices and participation in the early years

Simpson, D., Loughran, S., Lumsden, E., Mazzocco, P., McDowall Clark, R. and Winterbottom, C. (2017) 'Seen but not heard’. Practitioners work with poverty and the organising out of disadvantaged children’s voices and participation in the early years. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal. 25(2), pp. 177-188. 1350-293X.

Item Type: Article
Abstract: Living in poverty disadvantages young children reducing school readiness. ‘Pedagogy of listening’ can potentially support resilience remediating against poverty’s negative effects. Little, though, is known about how early childhood education and care (ECEC) practitioners work with children in poverty and the attainment gap between such children and their peers remains significant within England and the US. This article reports research using a mixed methodology which explored these issues in localities across both these countries. We argue a dominant technocratic model of early years provision in these contexts creates normalisation and diversity reduction. This, and austerity measures, stymie pedagogical space and practice organising out listening to children in poverty. We suggest this may help explain why the attainment gap remains so stubbornly resistant to reduction across these countries.
Uncontrolled Keywords: Poverty, children, pedagogy, listening, voice, participation, early childhood, early years
Creators: Simpson, Donald, Loughran, Sandra, Lumsden, Eunice, Mazzocco, Philip, McDowall Clark, Rory and Winterbottom, Christian
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes: Faculties > Faculty of Education & Humanities > Early Years
Date: 15 February 2017
Date Type: Published Online
Page Range: pp. 177-188
Journal or Publication Title: European Early Childhood Education Research Journal
Volume: 25
Number: 2
Number of Pages: 12
Language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1350293X.2017.1288014
ISSN: 1350-293X
Status: Published / Disseminated
Refereed: Yes
URI: http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/10805

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