The Posthuman Child - Educational transformation through philosophy with picturebooks (Paperback, 3rd Edition)

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Laika PART I A posthumanist philosophical orientation 2. The Labyrinth: enacting three aims of education Diffractive pause: Diffractive Journal 3. This is not a child Diffractive pause: Statue-breast-infant-woman 4. Diffractive pause: An idea that needs legs and mouths and ears to spread Posthuman Child Diffractive pause: Liam’s photos at/of his sister’s wedding 5. Figurations of Child and Childhood Diffractive pause: Child-in-the-Making: Creating Bodymind Maps 6. Ontoepistemic Injustice and Listening without Organs Diffractive pause: How to read Granny and the Goldfish PART II Posthumanist intra-active pedagogies 7. Reading Reggio Emilia and Philosophy with Children diffractively through one another 8. Educator as Pregnant Stingray Diffractive pause: A pregnant stingray in South Africa 9. Destabilising Binaries through Picturebooks Diffractive pause: The Anthony-Browne-Destabilising-Binary-project 10. Decolonising Education: black and white elephants with guns Diffractive pause:(A)mazement

General

Imprint:	Taylor & Francis
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:	300
Edition:	3rd Edition
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 Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching of specific groups > General Promotions
LSN:	1-138-85844-7
Barcode:	9781138858442

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