Holmes, Sarah E (2024) Is spirituality in ECEC a valued component or pushed aside? A discourse analysis. International Journal of Early Years Education. ISSN 0966-9760
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Abstract
Contemporary discourses regarding children’s spirituality in ECECprofessional publication streams (academic and practitionerreadership) were analysed, with consideration of impacts of thesediscourses on practice in the early years sector. Many establishedtheoretical concepts regarding children’s spirituality were notevident in the early years texts analysed, suggesting that thosetheories are either not relevant, not accepted or simply not on theradar of early years specialists. Tacit acceptance of a young child’sspirituality was evident, alongside a focus on ensuring spiritualrights and wellbeing, rather than efforts to nurture or enhance achild’s spirituality. Whilst discourse analysis revealed that spirituality is viewed positively and as a valued component of a young child’s development and wellbeing, inclusion of spirituality in ECEC internet sources and academic literature is minimal, suggesting that in practice, spirituality is pushed aside in contemporary early years practice. More research is needed to understand how these discourses may impact upon early years practice, and to investigate the perspectives of practitioners and parents about spirituality in contemporary early childhood education and care.
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| Additional Information and Comments: | © 2024 The Author(s). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. |
| Faculty / Department: | Faculty of Education and Social Sciences > School of Education |
| Depositing User: | Sarah Holmes |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Nov 2024 11:47 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Nov 2024 13:30 |
| URI: | https://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/4429 |
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