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Framing Young Children’s Humour and Practitioner Responses to it Using a Bakhtinian Carnivalesque Lens

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Author	Tallant, Laura
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	This article presents findings from a pilot study offering an alternative framing of children’s humour and laughter in an early childhood education setting. It employs a Bakhtinian carnivalesque lens to explore the nature of children’s humour in an urban nursery and investigate the framing of children’s humour and laughter outside the popular paradigm of developmental psychology. In addition, it addresses the challenge that children’s humour can present for early childhood practitioners, turning to Bakhtin’s analysis of carnival to frame children’s humour as carnivalesque. This conception is then offered as a part of a potential explanation for practitioners’ occasional resistance to children’s humour, proposing that dominating, authoritative discourses within early childhood education play a significant role in this. The article draws on a number of theorists, including Bakhtin more widely, to address reasons why humour is not valued pedagogically within the UK early childhood field and suggests that further research in the area is imperative, in order that we gain a better understanding of the place and significance of children’s humour within early childhood practice.Cet article présente les résultats d’une étude pilote présentant un autre cadrage de l’humour et du rire des enfants dans un milieu d’éducation de la petite enfance. Il emploie une lentille carnavalesque bakhtinienne pour explorer la nature de l’humour des enfants dans une garderie de milieu urbain, et analyse le cadre de l’humour et du rire des enfants en dehors du paradigme populaire de la psychologie du développement. En outre, il aborde le défi que l’humour des enfants peut représenter pour les praticiens de la petite enfance, en se tournant vers l’analyse de Bakhtine du carnaval pour placer l’humour des enfants dans un cadre carnavalesque. Cette conception est alors présentée comme partie d’une explication possible de la résistance occasionnelle des praticiens à l’humour des enfants, en proposant que le discours d’autorité dominant en éducation de la petite enfance y joue un rôle important. L’article s’appuie sur un certain nombre de théoriciens, y compris Bakhtine plus largement, pour regarder les raisons pour lesquelles l’humour n’est pas pédagogiquement valorisé dans le domaine de la petite enfance au Royaume-Uni, et suggère qu’il est impératif de mener des recherches plus poussées dans le domaine, afin d’avoir une meilleure compréhension de la place et de l’importance de l’humour des enfants dans la pratique de la petite enfance.Este artículo presenta los resultados de un estudio piloto que ofrece un encuadre alternativo del humor y la risa de los niños en un ambiente de educación de la primera infancia. Se emplea un lente carnavalesco bakhtiniano, para explorar la naturaleza del humor de los niños en una guardería urbana, e investigar el encuadre del humor y la risa de los niños fuera del paradigma popular de la psicología del desarrollo. Además, aborda el desafío que el humor de los niños puede presentar para los profesionales de la primera infancia, dirigiéndose hacia el análisis de carnaval de Bajtín para enmarcar el humor de los niños como carnavalesco. Ésta concepción, es entonces ofrecida como parte de una posible explicación para la resistencia ocasional de los educadores al humor de los niños, proponiendo que dominándolo, los discursos de autoridad dentro de la educación de la primera infancia desempeñan un papel fundamental en esto. El artículo se basa en una serie de teóricos, incluyendo Bajtín de forma amplia, para abordar las razones de por qué el humor no se valora pedagógicamente dentro del campo de la primera infancia en el Reino Unido, y sugiere que una mayor investigación en el área es imprescindible para que podamos obtener una mejor comprensión del lugar y la importancia del humor de los niños dentro de la práctica de la primera infancia.
Starting Page	251
Ending Page	266
Page Count	16
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00207187
Journal	International Journal of Early Childhood
Volume Number	47
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	18784658
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2015-03-11
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Bakhtin Humour Early childhood education Carnivalesque Pedagogy Practitioner Childhood Education Education (general) International and Comparative Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education Developmental and Educational Psychology

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