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Supporting children's working theories in early childhood education: what is the teacher's role?

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Hargraves, Victoria
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	.................................................................................................................................................. 2 Acknowledgements ................................................................................................................................. 3 Chapter 1: Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 9 1.1 Teacher role in early childhood education ........................................................................ 10 1.1.1 The historical context and theories of thinking .......................................................... 10 1.1.2 Current ‘working theories’ for the role of early childhood teachers in young children’s thinking............................................................................................................... 11 1.2 Outcomes for early childhood education in New Zealand: working theories, dispositions and Te Whāriki ........................................................................................................................ 12 1.3 Conceptualising the problem and an initial ‘working theory’ ........................................... 13 1.3.1 Delimiting the study ................................................................................................... 13 1.3.2 My research questions ................................................................................................ 14 1.4 Methodological approach: modifying my working theory ................................................ 14 1.5 Introducing myself as a researcher: My value base .......................................................... 15 1.6 The significance of my contribution to evolving ‘working theory’ theory ....................... 17 1.7 Outlining the thesis ........................................................................................................... 18 Chapter 2: Literature review ................................................................................................................. 19 2.1 Defining ‘working theory’ ................................................................................................ 19 2.1.1 ‘Working theory’ in early childhood curriculum ....................................................... 19 2.1.2 Links to theories of cognition ..................................................................................... 22 2.2 Cognitive constructivist approaches .................................................................................. 23 2.2.1 Interpreting working theory with cognitive constructivism ....................................... 23 2.2.2 Constructivist roles in supporting theorising .............................................................. 24 2.3 Sociocultural approaches ................................................................................................... 26 2.3.1 Interpreting working theory through sociocultural theory ......................................... 26 2.3.2 Sociocultural supports for theorising ......................................................................... 28 2.3 Putting perspectives together: a complex view ................................................................. 42 2.3.1 Complexity theory ...................................................................................................... 44 2.3.2 Working theories in complexity theory ...................................................................... 45 2.3.3 Supporting theorising from a complex perspective .................................................... 45 2.4 Conclusion ......................................................................................................................... 47
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