I hope to continue posting on this blog as I continue to explore these complex concepts- but this post will mark a temporary conclusion or pause. To embrace the ideas of reflective practice that I have been exploring here, I would like to take this pause as an opportunity to sit with some questions and leave you with a visual question I have been thinking with for the last couple weeks by Miwa Matreyek (2010).
How do we embody theories in the practice of early childhood education? How is our practice taken up in our thoughts about children, families and education- and our thoughts about being in the world? How do we think differently about our practice? How do our assumptions about children, education, teaching, and our own histories shape our practice? What is the relationship between thinking and action in our work with children? How does this relationship privilege particular intelligences and ways of being? What divisions are created through language, space, emotions, relationships, etc in our classrooms? How do we respect the void that separates us from the unknowable Other and question the powers that are sustained when we perpetuate divisions?
Matreyek, Miwa. (2010). Miwa Matreyek’s Glorious Visions [online video]. New York: Ted Conference LLC. Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/miwa_matreyek_s_glorious_visions.html
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“How is our practice taken up in our thoughts about children, families and education- and our thoughts about being in the world? How do we think differently about our practice?” Well, this questions stay in my head. I believed that practices and theories are different, sometimes. However, the theory is important for practice. It's important to understand that we're all accepting some theory to practice to educate children. Also, it's important to consider about assumptions and belief we're making and check that they're still valid. Lastly, it's important to realize why other people might have a different perspectives and judgments on how to do things (they have a different theory guiding their thinking).
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