PROGRAM
Days: Friday, November 1st Saturday, November 2nd Sunday, November 3rd Monday, November 4th
Friday, November 1st
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08:00-13:00 Session ECE centre visits
Due to the national elections taking place on Tuesday, many early childhood centres may be closed or have restricted hours. Therefore, the visits to early childhood centres that normally take place during the conference have been moved to Friday morning, just prior to the welcoming reception and opening plenary.
18:35-20:00 Session Plenary 1
| 18:35 | Indigenous childhoods and land-water relations: Considerations toward thriving, sustainable futures PRESENTER: Anna Lees |
Saturday, November 2nd
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09:00-10:15 Session Plenary 2
| 09:00 | “Black Joy is Sacred”: An Intergenerational Porch Conversation Amongst Black Early Childhood Education Community Members (abstract) |
10:15-10:45Coffee Break
10:45-12:00 Session Plenary 3
12:00-13:00Lunch
13:00-14:15 Session S1.1
Location: Room 201
| 13:00 | Comadres platicando: Reflections on Navigating White Spaces in a ECE Teaching Preparation Program. (abstract) |
13:00-14:15 Session S1.2
Location: Room 202
| 13:00 | ECE/ECCE/ECEC Where does care go?: Teacher narratives, Epistemic injustices and neoliberalism (abstract) |
13:00-14:15 Session S1.3
Location: Room 203
| 13:00 | Paulo Freire in ECE: Towards a Critical Understanding and Alternative Narratives of Early Childhood Profession and Professionalism (abstract) |
| 13:20 | Slowing Down Reflective Practice: Exploring Pedagogical Pacing in Early Childhood Teacher Preparation Using the Pointillizer Tool (abstract) |
| 13:40 | Against all odds: Exploring arts-based critical reflection in a collaborative self-study (abstract) |
13:00-14:15 Session S1.4
Location: Room 204
| 13:00 | Cultivating clayful ecologies: Speculative worldbuilding in early childhood education (abstract) |
13:00-14:15 Session S1.5
Location: Room 205
| 13:00 | What are the enablers and obstacles to children's participation in pre-primary school settings? (abstract) |
| 13:20 | Exploring children's perspectives in everyday family- practitioners’ collaborative practices in Early Childhood (abstract) |
13:00-14:15 Session S1.6
Location: Room 305
| 13:00 | Bereavement as a Decolonial tool. The pain to discover, to unleash, and to shed colonial learnings of belonging. (abstract) |
13:00-14:15 Session S1.7
Location: Room 306
| 13:00 | Identifying Young Bangladeshi Children’s Cultural Knowledge in Literacy Practices (abstract) |
| 13:20 | Embracing Vitality: Rethinking Literacy in Multilingual Early Childhood Classrooms (abstract) |
| 13:40 | How Schools Help Produce the Achievement Gap inBetween White Children and Children of Color (abstract) |
13:00-14:15 Session S1.8
Location: Room 219
| 13:00 | Reconceptualizing the (Un)Surprising Mathematical Opportunities in Kindergarteners’ Play (abstract) |
| 13:20 | Children’s Voices: Critical Conversations with Young Children (abstract) |
14:15-14:45Coffee Break
14:45-16:00 Session S2.1
Location: Room 201
| 14:45 | BIPOC Educator workforce and solidarity. (abstract) |
| 15:05 | Troubling Women and Work Relations to Reconfigure (Child)Care Activism in a Time of Neoliberal Feminism (abstract) |
| 15:25 | How Do We Write About Them?: Considering Researchers’ Portrayals of Teachers Responding to Neoliberalism (abstract) |
14:45-16:00 Session S2.2
Location: Room 202
| 14:45 | Weaving Intergenerational Stories of Justice: Childhoods and Child Care in Africa and the African Diaspora (abstract) |
14:45-16:00 Session S2.3
Location: Room 203
| 14:45 | The Pro-Sociality of Surrender in the Indonesian Kindergarten (abstract) |
| 15:05 | Non-Canonical Philosophy with Children (abstract) |
| 15:25 | Reconceptualizing career pathways for justice: Learning from and with Black girls as future early childhood educators (abstract) |
14:45-16:00 Session S2.4
Location: Room 204
14:45-16:00 Session S2.5
Location: Room 205
14:45-16:00 Session S2.6
Location: Room 305
| 14:45 | Politics of engagement. Re-imagining early childhood policy work for justice and equity at local, regional, and global levels (abstract) |
14:45-16:00 Session S2.7
Location: Room 306
| 14:45 | Cruel professionalism: Creating collective, feminist caring spaces to resist injustice and reimagine professionalism with and for early childhood educators. (abstract) |
| 15:05 | Trapped in the feminised figured world of childcare (abstract) |
| 15:25 | “But the Reality is Different”: Tensions in Policy and Practice for Latina ECEs (abstract) |
14:45-16:00 Session S2.8
Location: Room 219
16:00-16:10Quick Transition Break
16:10-17:25 Session S3.1
Location: Room 201
| 16:10 | Guiding through Gifts: Early Intervention that centres Indigenous and Disabled Knowledges (abstract) |
| 16:30 | My Child is Already Whole: Inextricable Entanglements Between DAP and Evaluative Constructs of Disability (abstract) |
| 16:50 | Top 5 Reasons to Include a Therapy Dog Team in Your Early Childhood Classroom (abstract) |
16:10-17:25 Session S3.2
Location: Room 202
| 16:10 | Children's Access to Self-Initiated Play Across Subcultures in Norway, Denmark and the United States (abstract) |
16:10-17:25 Session S3.3
Location: Room 203
| 16:10 | Thinking Place and Early Childhood Curriculum with Common Worlds Pedagogies: Creating Olinda Nova do Maranhão Pedagogies (abstract) |
| 16:30 | Children at the centre of collaborative inquiry: A perspective from Aotearoa New Zealand (abstract) |
| 16:50 | Disrupting the Neoliberal Discourse of the Competent Child in Bangladesh (abstract) |
16:10-17:25 Session S3.4
Location: Room 204
| 16:10 | Making Our Mark: A cross-regional investigation of multimodal materials and children's emergent literacy approaches (abstract) |
16:10-17:25 Session S3.5
Location: Room 205
| 16:10 | Reconceptualising justice-oriented collective advocacy and activism in New Zealand Early Childhood Education and Care (abstract) |
| 16:30 | Virginia Woolf is still right: Lessons from Virtual Professional Development Projects Demand New PD Pathways for Equity in the Workforce (abstract) |
| 16:50 | Low Wages, High Turnover, and the Myth of “The Essential Worker”; A Public Policy Journey from Childcare Wage Survey to State Legislation. (abstract) |
16:10-17:25 Session S3.6
Location: Room 305
| 16:10 | LEARNING TO CHALLENGE OPPRESSION: AN INTERACTIVE FILM PROJECT FOR EDUCATORS (abstract) |
16:10-17:25 Session S3.7
Location: Room 306
| 16:10 | Denying Epistemic Injustice through valuing the counter-stories of Black Early Childhood Educators (abstract) |
| 16:30 | Recreating Digital Media and Technology Education to Center Ancestral, Generational, Familial, and Community Knowledge, Traditions, and Lived Practices: The Journey of a Black American Researcher-Educator (abstract) |
| 16:50 | Indigenous Heartwork: Cultivating Equity and Healing in Early Childhood Education (abstract) |
16:10-17:25 Session S3.8
Location: Room 219
Sunday, November 3rd
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09:00-10:15 Session Plenary 4
Location: Room 201
| 09:00 | “Tell Me I’m Not a Mammy:” An Auto-ethnography of a Black Feminist Educator in Progressive White Early Childhood Contexts (abstract) |
| 09:20 | ART(ifacts): Arts-Based Explorations of The Teacher Preparation Experiences of Immigrant Early Childhood Teachers of Color (abstract) |
| 09:40 | Meddlings and subversions: Aerating sedimented pedagogies in early childhood teacher education (abstract) |
10:15-10:45Coffee Break
10:45-12:00 Session S4.1
Location: Room 201
| 10:45 | Why Does Our System Resist Children Labeled as Disabled? (abstract) |
10:45-12:00 Session S4.2
Location: Room 202
| 10:45 | “We are Stronger Together”: RECE, Mycelial Networks, and Social Justice (abstract) |
10:45-12:00 Session S4.3
Location: Room 203
| 10:45 | Reclaiming the Narrative on Socio-Economic Integration: UPK Families’ Perspectives (abstract) |
| 11:05 | What does “Justice Matters” Mean to Family Engagement and Family Engagement Education?: Reconceptualizing Home-School Connections through Winn’s Five Pedagogical Stances. (abstract) |
| 11:25 | Reconceptualizing quality during nontraditional-hour child care: A cross-cultural perspective (abstract) |
10:45-12:00 Session S4.4
Location: Room 204
| 10:45 | From Ash: Memories of early childhood and violence in Kenya (abstract) |
| 11:05 | Re-Scripting Understandings and Beliefs: Young Children’s Collaborative Re(Imaginings) of Girlhood, Puberty, and Menstruation (abstract) |
10:45-12:00 Session S4.5
Location: Room 205
| 10:45 | Childhood object(ion)s: Contending with and divesting from commonsense material relations (abstract) |
10:45-12:00 Session S4.7
Location: Room 306
| 10:45 | Playful methodologies in higher education – natural materials and their soundscapes (abstract) |
10:45-12:00 Session S4.8
Location: Room 219
| 10:45 | Criminal Records Background Checks for Early Childhood Education Employment: Racialized Implications for Schools and Society (abstract) |
| 11:05 | Hurried teachers: For what sake? At what price? (abstract) |
12:00-13:00Lunch
13:00-14:15 Session S5.1
Location: Room 201
| 13:00 | Inclusive Futures: Theoretical Perspectives on Disability and Pedagogy (abstract) |
| 13:20 | Inclusivity as a Social Justice Act in Early Childhood Teacher Education (abstract) |
| 13:40 | Supporting Justice-Driven Inclusive Education & Positive Disability Identity through Professional Development (abstract) |
13:00-14:15 Session S5.2
Location: Room 202
| 13:00 | Rethinking "Difficult Knowledge" in Early Childhood Classrooms (abstract) |
| 13:20 | Are They Too Young? Teaching the Truth About History to Children (4-8 years old) (abstract) |
| 13:40 | Exploring Pre-Service Teachers’ Engagements with Controversial Issues (abstract) |
13:00-14:15 Session S5.3
Location: Room 203
| 13:00 | Disrupt the system?! - Re-thinking disturbances in ECE settings as catalysts for more justice (abstract) |
13:00-14:15 Session S5.4
Location: Room 204
| 13:00 | Learning Outside Together (LOT): Fostering Justice in Early Childhood Education through Embracing Indigenous and Western Wisdom and Centering Collaborative Learning (abstract) |
13:00-14:15 Session S5.6
Location: Room 305
| 13:00 | Beyond the question of “to be visible or not to be visible”: A critical analysis of Asian American teachers’ use of food and festivals in PreK-3rd grade classrooms (abstract) |
| 13:20 | Imagining a decolonizing pedagogy for young children: a critical social-psychoanalytic perspective (abstract) |
| 13:40 | Curtailing Citizenship in Curriculum: A case study of authoritarian practice in early childhood social studies (abstract) |
13:00-14:15 Session S5.7
Location: Room 306
| 13:00 | Queering Early Childhood Education: LGBTQ+ Early Childhood Educators Navigating and Challenging (Hetero)normativity in Childcare Settings (abstract) |
| 13:20 | The questions that gender-diverse children ask <-> Asserting selves & undoing the (k)nots of gender (abstract) |
| 13:40 | Otherwise, ‘out of time’ political imaginaries for posthuman literacies and book banning (abstract) |
13:00-14:15 Session S5.8
Location: Room 219
| 13:00 | Early Childhood Educators Engaging Intersectionality (abstract) |
14:15-14:25Quick Transition Break
14:25-15:40 Session S6.1
Location: Room 201
| 14:25 | RECE (Re)Imagines the World: An arts-based, abolitionist exploration of possibility (abstract) |
14:25-15:40 Session S6.2
Location: Room 202
14:25-15:40 Session S6.3
Location: Room 203
| 14:25 | Exploring design, children’s creativity, relationality and play in an outdoor play space at a child care center. (abstract) |
| 14:45 | Towards an Enchanted Education (abstract) |
| 15:05 | Holistic Multilingual Early Learning: Lessons From Families & Educators in a Reggio-Inspired Dual Language Preschool (abstract) |
14:25-15:40 Session S6.4
Location: Room 204
| 14:25 | In Search for Belonging: How Sudanese American Parents Preserve Young Children's Sudanism Identity (abstract) |
| 14:45 | Newcomer children’s voices and stories on identity in Canada. (abstract) |
14:25-15:40 Session S6.5
Location: Room 205
| 14:25 | Shifting Onto-Epistemologies: Moving Towards Relational Ethics in Justice Oriented Teaching and Learning Projects with Children (abstract) |
| 14:45 | “I just really miss kindergarten”: Exploring Children’s Perceptions of Navigating Curricular Shifts in Early Public Education (abstract) |
14:25-15:40 Session S6.6
Location: Room 305
| 14:25 | Viable Vulnerabilities: A Reciprocal Conversation (abstract) |
14:25-15:40 Session S6.7
Location: Room 306
| 14:25 | Disrupting Affective Atmospheres in Early Childhood (abstract) |
14:25-15:40 Session S6.8
Location: Room 219
| 14:25 | Digital play in early childhood as a space of decolonial voice- Exploring Pakistani parents’ perspectives of digital play in Pakistan’s neoliberal atmosphere (abstract) |
| 14:45 | Family Engagement in Culturally Responsive Computing and Robotics: Toward Equity-Oriented STEM Education for BIPOC Students (abstract) |
15:40-16:00Coffee Break
16:00-17:15 Session S7.1
Location: Room 201
| 16:00 | The Guidelines for Quality Assessment of Kindergarten Care and Education: Progress and Concerns Based on Evaluation (abstract) |
| 16:20 | Justice through the eyes of ECEC professionals: A Comparison of German and American perspectives (abstract) |
| 16:40 | teaching-and-leaking: our bodies do not end at the skin (abstract) |
16:00-17:15 Session S7.2
Location: Room 202
| 16:00 | Irreconcilable knowledges: A way forward? (abstract) |
| 16:20 | Silenced Voices: Finding Teachers' Narratives in the Era of Science of Reading (abstract) |
16:00-17:15 Session S7.3
Location: Room 203
| 16:00 | “Even though something is allowed legally, doesn’t mean I can ethically vouch for it”. Troubling ethics on research among children aged 0-3, through voice, agency and rights (abstract) |
| 16:20 | Looking as a Tool for Engagement: Peripheral Participation of Toddlers to a Conversation by Others (abstract) |
| 16:40 | “So That’s Why I Am Who I Am?”: The Brains of Babies and the Making of Neurocultural Facts (abstract) |
16:00-17:15 Session S7.4
Location: Room 204
| 16:00 | Our Drawings, Our Stories: Centering Native American Preschoolers Lived Experiences through a Strengths-Based and Justice-Oriented Approach (abstract) |
16:00-17:15 Session S7.5
Location: Room 205
| 16:00 | Promoting Racial Justice with Emotion and Culturally Focused Strategies in Early Childhood Classrooms (abstract) |
| 16:20 | Play as a Site for a Black Girl’s Ideological Becoming in Mathematics (abstract) |
| 16:40 | “Walking-with:” Transcending Concrete Horizons Of Racialized Displacement (abstract) |
16:00-17:15 Session S7.6
Location: Room 305
16:00-17:15 Session S7.7
Location: Room 306
19:00-22:00Conference Dinner
Monday, November 4th
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09:15-10:30 Session S8.1
Location: Room 201
| 09:15 | “So, we just say ‘penis’?”: First attempts at conceptualizing “sexual health education” with preservice early childhood teachers (abstract) |
| 09:35 | Project Head Start: Denaturalizing Health Discourse in Working with “Disadvantaged Children” (abstract) |
| 09:55 | Defying Linear Body Logics while Discerning Bodied Rhythms with Children: Toward Countering Anti-Fat Bias in Early Childhood Education (abstract) |
09:15-10:30 Session S8.2
Location: Room 202
| 09:15 | Postdevelopmental Approaches to Digital Arts and Digital Justice in Early Childhood (abstract) |
09:15-10:30 Session S8.3
Location: Room 203
| 09:15 | Indigenous Knowledge Perspectives: Educating Young Children for Sustainability (abstract) |
| 09:35 | Voices of Alaka‘i: Native Hawaiian Perspectives on Early Childhood Education (abstract) |
09:15-10:30 Session S8.4
Location: Room 204
| 09:15 | Storied Play in the First Grade: Welcoming the Otherwise (abstract) |
09:15-10:30 Session S8.5
Location: Room 205
| 09:15 | Documenting everyday learning: Realising the potential of all young children (abstract) |
| 09:35 | A child in the disadvantaged rural area as a versatile learner (abstract) |
09:15-10:30 Session S8.6
Location: Room 305
| 09:15 | Listening to Early Childhood Assistants: Insights on Their Role, Status, and Education (abstract) |
09:15-10:30 Session S8.7
Location: Room 306
| 09:15 | An Ethic of Care: Implementing the Parallel Process in Early Childhood Teacher Preparation Programs (abstract) |
09:15-10:30 Session S8.8
Location: Room 219
| 09:15 | Children and Family Centers in the city of Modena: spaces to experience support and equity in family education (abstract) |
| 09:35 | Digital Play in Korean Preschool Classroom and the Teacher’s Perception of Digital Play (abstract) |
| 09:55 | Being & Becoming Cultural Citizens: an assets-based approach to working with young children & families in a museum (abstract) |
10:30-11:00Coffee Break
11:00-12:15 Session S9.2
Location: Room 202
| 11:00 | Aesthetic Political Encounters with Indigenous Storybooks in Early Childhood Education (abstract) |
| 11:20 | Blessing in Disguise: Growing up in an era of political turmoil. (abstract) |
11:00-12:15 Session S9.3
Location: Room 203
| 11:00 | Re-imagining the magic of puppetry in diverse preschool classrooms in Hawai’i. (abstract) |
| 11:20 | Self Study Reflections: Child Rights and Practicing Craftivism in Early Childhood Education Settings (abstract) |
| 11:40 | "Don’t Put Frogs in Your Pocket!": Engaging in Authentic Writing to Advocate for Living Things (abstract) |
11:00-12:15 Session S9.4
Location: Room 204
| 11:00 | In Pursuit of Justice for the Early Care and Education Workforce: Useful Research for Policy and Practice (abstract) |
11:00-12:15 Session S9.5
Location: Room 205
| 11:00 | Artistic and Material Pedagogies for 21st Century Childhoods: Becoming-with practices in early childhood. (abstract) |
11:00-12:15 Session S9.7
Location: Room 306
| 11:00 | The Body’s Ethical Imperative: Justice through Considerations of the Body in Early Childhood Art Education (abstract) |
11:00-12:15 Session S9.8
Location: Room 219
| 11:00 | Relationships Between Family & Community in Appalachia: Social Justice for Queering Families in Rural Pennsylvania (abstract) |
| 11:20 | Mutual Aid as Radical Care Amidst Crisis (abstract) |
| 11:40 | Family School Partnerships: Developing Asset-Based Perspectives (abstract) |
12:15-14:15Celebration Lunch with Joe Tobin
14:15-15:30 Session Plen 5
Location: Room 201
| 14:15 | Equity in Action: Elevating Voices, Bridging Cultures, and Nurturing Justice-Oriented Teacher Preparation (abstract) |