{"product_id":"encounters-with-materials-in-early-childhood-education-9781032325163","title":"Encounters with Materials in Early Childhood Education","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis text rearticulates understandings of materials--blocks of clay, sheets of paper, brushes and paints, fabrics, and plastics--to formulate new ideas about what happens when we think with materials and apply them to early childhood development and classrooms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough a series of ethnographic examples and engagement with existing ideas of relationality in the visual arts, feminist ethics, science studies, philosophy, anthropology, and environmental humanities, \u003ci\u003eEncounters with Materials in Early Childhood Education\u003c\/i\u003e highlights how materials can be conceptualized as active participants in early childhood education. Updated to include choreographies with fabrics and the process of reparation with plastics, this second edition shows how educators, young children, and researchers have explored what materials are capable of in their encounters with other materials and with children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is key reading for undergraduate students, graduate students, and pre-service teachers in early childhood education and art education programs. Access the Instructor and Student Resources at www.encounterswithmaterials.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVeronica Pacini-Ketchabaw\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor of Early Childhood Education in the Faculty of Education at Western University in Ontario, Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSylvia Kind\u003c\/b\u003e teaches in the School of Education and Childhood Studies at Capilano University, where she is also atelierista at the Children's Centre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLaurie L. M. Kocher \u003c\/strong\u003eis a retired faculty member in the School of Education and Childhood Studies at Capilano University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50929056481554,"sku":"9781032325163","price":52.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4c77b5b7-91eb-4d16-a327-b2291e6b4b85.jpg?v=1739030382","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/encounters-with-materials-in-early-childhood-education-9781032325163","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}