Open AccessGłos dziecka w przedszkolu – między swobodą wypowiedzi a milczeniem
Author(s) -
Anna Babicka-Wirkus,
Maria Groenwald
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
problemy wczesnej edukacji
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2451-2230
pISSN - 1734-1582
DOI - 10.26881/pwe.2018.40.09
Subject(s) - silence , inclusion (mineral) , psychology , expression (computer science) , pedagogy , early childhood , early childhood education , mechanism (biology) , developmental psychology , social psychology , epistemology , aesthetics , philosophy , computer science , programming language
The article addresses the problems of presence and absence of child’s voice in kindergarten and their significance for the development of critically thinking entities/citizens. On the basis of our qualitative studies, two separate ways of perceiving the significance of nonadults’ voice in the early childhood education process have emerged. The first one, relating to the affirmation of free child expression, is typical for personal declarations of young educators. The second way is about practising children’s silence in kindergarten and it characterises the events described by aspiring teachers, witnessed during their professional practice. On this basis, we have identified the mechanism of inclusion and the mechanism of exclusion of child’s voice in kindergarten.