High quality educators' conceptualisation of children's risk-taking in early childhood education: provoking educators to think more broadly
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Wong, Sandie
Press, Frances
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Children’s risk-taking is increasingly acknowledged as an important part of early childhood education. Previous research has predominantly focussed on children’s engagement with, and educators’ perspectives on, children’s risk-taking in outdoor physical play. However, little attention has been paid to how educators conceptualise children’s risk-taking more broadly. Our study addresses this research gap. A three-site case study, the research gathered data from educators in high quality early childhood services through observations and interviews. Findings show that educators predominantly framed children’s risk-taking as taking place in physical and outdoor play. However, with minimal provocation, educators extended their conceptualisations of risk to encompass a broader range of children’s experiences. Data suggests that participation in the research provoked many participants to think more broadly about children’s risk-taking.
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European Early Childhood Education Research Journal
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28
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3
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This accepted manuscript is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
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Cooke, M; Wong, S; Press, F, High quality educators' conceptualisation of children's risk-taking in early childhood education: provoking educators to think more broadly, European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2020, 28 (3), pp. 424-438