1st Edition
Autoethnography in Early Childhood Education and Care Narrating the Heart of Practice
Part 1: Troubling Narratives Chapter 1: White rabbits fly kites: Working in challenging contexts, finding liminality Chapter 2: A silence louder than words: Listening, attunement and 'voice' Chapter 3: Darren, the wild boy: Poverty and early intervention, what price? Chapter 4: Listening to Lola: Embodying care and safeguarding Part 2: Your world, my world, our embodied world Chapter 5: Light and sound: Negotiating illness and the final threshold Chapter 6: A tale of two halves and more: Considering difference and listening Chapter 7: Dog-eyed: How do children see their world? How do we see them? Part 3: Autoethnography at work Chapter 8: Working with autoethnography: finding my voice: Considerations of methodology Chapter 9: Beyond narratives and solipsism to ethical knowing: Ethics and self-care Chapter 10: Analysis, is it necessary?: Speaking and reading from the heart Chapter 11: Origins: Sowing the seeds of personal values Chapter 12: References
Biography
Elizabeth Henderson has worked in education for more than thirty years in a variety of settings, both in the state and voluntary sector, from nursery through to university. Elizabeth currently works for a local authority in Scotland providing support and advice for those working in the early years sector.
What sets this book apart is the thorough grounding in the relevant literature on early childhood education and its methodological approach to autoethnography. This is a rare accomplishment. As you will read towards the end of the book, the strength of a text lies in its ability to effect change. This book will change its readers; it will speak to hearts, and change minds.
Cathy Nutbrown, Professor of Education, The School of Education, University of Sheffield, UK
