Learning Stories : Constructing Learner Identities in Early Education

by Margaret Carr

• ISBN13: 9780857020932
• ISBN10: 0857020935
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-07-16
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd

Summary

Margaret Carr's seminal work on Learning Stories was first published by SAGE in 2001, and this widely acclaimed approach to assessment has since gained a huge international following. In this new book, the authors outline the philosophy behind Learning Stories and call on the latest findings from the research projects they have led with teachers on learning dispositions and learning power to argue that Learning Stories can construct learner identities in early childhood settings and schools. By making the connection between sociocultural approaches to pedagogy and assessment and narrative inquiry, this book contextualizes learning stories as a philosophical approach to education, learning and pedagogy. Chapters explore how Learning Stories: " help make connections with families; " support the inclusion of children and family voices; " tell us stories about babies; " allow children to dictate their own stories; " can be used to revisit children's learning journeys; " can contribute to teaching and learning wisdom. This ground-breaking book expands on the concept of Learning Stories, and includes examples from practice in both New Zealand and the UK. It outlines the philosophy behind this pedagogical tool for documenting how learning identities are constructed, and shows through research evidence why the early years is such a critical time in the formation of learning dispositions. Margaret Carr is a Professor of Education at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. Wendy Lee is Director of the Educational Leadership Project, New Zealand.

Table of Contents

Learner Identities in the Early Years: An Introduction to Four Themes

Why Story?

Co-Authoring and Dialogue

Making Connections Across Boundaries Between Places

Recognising and Re-Cognising Learning Continuities

Appropriating Knowledges and Learning Dispositions in a Range of Increasingly Complex Ways

Reconceptualising Assessment

Constructing and Sustaining a Passion for Learning

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