Against the self-regulated child: Early childhood pedagogies in neoliberal times

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dc.contributor.authorDiaz-Diaz, Claudia
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-07T19:26:19Z
dc.date.available2023-02-07T19:26:19Z
dc.date.copyright2022en_US
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThis article examines the curriculum and pedagogies for ethical practice in a childcare centre in Vancouver, Canada. I draw on Smith’s new model of childhood to examine narratives and practices around the ‘responsible child’ in a context where child developmental theories continue to influence pedagogical decisions. I argue that the elevation of self-regulation strategies as a pedagogical approach narrows children’s sense of responsibility to a mere individual trait. In addition, it fails to cultivate children’s interdependence and multiple relationships with humans and more-than-human others. Self-regulation-centred pedagogies also reinforce neoliberal and colonial discourses of the child anchored in human exceptionality, choice, autonomy and rationality. This article proposes that pre-service and in-service early childhood education needs to support educators in doing the analytical, embodied and reflective work to shift from educational paradigms founded in neoliberal and colonial rationalities towards an ethic that acknowledges children and educators’ interdependence and that cultivates good relations with humans and more-than-human others.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusRevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelFacultyen_US
dc.identifier.citationDiaz-Diaz, C. (2022). “Against the self-regulated child: Early childhood pedagogies in neoliberal times.” Global Studies of Childhood, 0(0), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1177/20436106221117563en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/20436106221117563
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/14750
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherGlobal Studies of Childhooden_US
dc.subjectearly childhood curriculumen_US
dc.subjectneoliberalismen_US
dc.subjectpedagogiesen_US
dc.subjectrelational ethicsen_US
dc.subjectthe responsible childen_US
dc.titleAgainst the self-regulated child: Early childhood pedagogies in neoliberal timesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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