B2 Book section
Conclusion : Discourses and Dreams on Becoming (2019)

White, E. J., Rutanen, N., Sumsion, J., Mika, C., Eriksen Ødegaard, E., & Gradovski, M. (2019). Conclusion : Discourses and Dreams on Becoming. In M. Gradovski, E. Eriksen Ødegaard, N. Rutanen, J. Sumsion, C. Mika, & E. J. White (Eds.), The First 1000 Days of Early Childhood : Becoming (pp. 123-133). Springer. Policy and Pedagogy with Under-three Year Olds: Cross-disciplinary Insights and Innovations, 2. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9656-5_8

JYU authors or editors

Publication details

All authors or editors: White, E. Jayne; Rutanen, Niina; Sumsion, Jennifer; Mika, Carl; Eriksen Ødegaard, Elin; Gradovski, Mikhail

Parent publication: The First 1000 Days of Early Childhood : Becoming

Parent publication editors: Gradovski, Mikhail; Eriksen Ødegaard, Elin; Rutanen, Niina; Sumsion, Jennifer; Mika, Carl; White, E. Jayne

ISBN: 978-981-329-655-8

eISBN: 978-981-329-656-5

Journal or series: Policy and Pedagogy with Under-three Year Olds: Cross-disciplinary Insights and Innovations

ISSN: 2509-6680

eISSN: 2509-6699

Publication year: 2019

Number in series: 2

Pages range: 123-133

Number of pages in the book: 148

Publisher: Springer

Place of Publication: Singapore

Publication country: Singapore

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9656-5_8

Publication open access: Not open

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Abstract

The contents in the chapters in this book have shown how ECEC institutions are both globally linked and locally constructed within networks of powers, discourses, philosophies, paradoxes and practices. The kinds of ‘becoming(s)’ that arise for these young children as a consequence are different – in an increasingly globalised world, we think, these are of great significance in thinking about the present and future realities that are posed accordingly. Thus, with this concluding chapter, we seek to address existing and future challenges, dreams and opportunities in contemplation of a future that we can only imagine, in consideration of the practices and discourses that structure becoming(s) of infants and toddlers in the first 1000 days of life across the world. If we are to embrace fuller interpretations of becoming, we must also consider becoming as a human encounter in the present, as well as the implications of these for unimaginable futures.

Keywords: early childhood; babies; toddlers; early childhood education and care; philosophy of education

Contributing organizations

Ministry reporting: Yes

Reporting Year: 2019