The Posthuman Child - Educational transformation through philosophy with picturebooks (Paperback)

The Posthuman Child combats institutionalised ageist practices in primary, early childhood and teacher education. Grounded in a critical posthumanist perspective on the purpose of education, it provides a genealogy of psychology, sociology and philosophy of childhood in which dominant figurations of child and childhood are exposed as positioning child as epistemically and ontologically inferior. Entangled throughout this book are practical and theorised examples of philosophical work with student teachers, teachers, other practitioners and children (aged 3-11) from South Africa and Britain. These engage arguments about how children are routinely marginalised, discriminated against and denied, especially when the child is also female, black, lives in poverty and whose home language is not English. The book makes a distinctive contribution to the decolonisation of childhood discourses. Underpinned by good quality picturebooks and other striking images, the book's radical proposal for transformation is to reconfigure the child as rich, resourceful and resilient through relationships with (non) human others, and explores the implications for literary and literacy education, teacher education, curriculum construction, implementation and assessment. It is essential reading for all who research, work and live with children.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Contesting Early Childhood
Release date:	March 2016
First published:	2016
Authors:	Karin Murris
Dimensions:	234 x 155 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	277
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-85844-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Philosophy of education Books > Social sciences > Education > Schools > Pre-school & kindergarten Books > Social sciences > Education > Schools > Primary / junior schools Promotions
LSN:	1-138-85844-7
Barcode:	9781138858442

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