The use of poetry in a spiral-patterned methodology for research about love in early childhood

Cousins, Sarah

doi:10.1080/09518398.2016.1250173

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“…We found two types of studies for this category: first, those regarding the uses of poetry in education research (e.g., Lahman et al, 2011) and, second, those investigating the practicing of poetry in classrooms (e.g., Scarbrough & Allen, 2014; Wandera, 2016). Cousins’s (2017) study, concerned poetry as a methodological approach to better understanding love in the context of early childhood education, is an example of that in the former category. Certo’s (2015) case study, which inquired into the reading and writing practices (vis-à-vis poetry) of fifth-grade students, exemplifies the latter strand.…”

Section: Review Of Literature On Poetry In Qualitative Education Researchmentioning

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Poetically Poking at Language and Power: Using Black Feminist Poetry to Conduct Rigorous Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis

Ohito

Nyachae

2018

Qualitative Inquiry

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Entanglements of power, language, identities, and ideologies perturb Black feminist poets and Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) scholars alike. Here, we detail our use of Black feminist poetry to address concerns with rigor in CDA. We marry Black feminist theorizing about language to feminist CDA to illuminate how—for qualitative data analysis—poetry can foster rigor. Poetry also illuminates the suitability of feminist CDA for the Black feminist project of unveiling Black women’s discursive subjugation. Through poetry, we deconstruct and reconstruct initial analysis of data, then construct new analyses from emerging insights. Black feminist poetry provided a pathway for us to demonstrate rigor by (a) engendering precise identification, distilling, and conveying of evidence substantiating findings; (b) enriching researcher triangulation by prompting deepened dialogue—about and with data—to occur for coresearchers; and (c) stimulating reflexivity. We conclude with questions useful for leveraging Black feminist poetry for rigorous, expressly political critical qualitative inquiry.

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Section: Review Of Literature On Poetry In Qualitative Education Researchmentioning

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Poetically Poking at Language and Power: Using Black Feminist Poetry to Conduct Rigorous Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis

Ohito

Nyachae

2018

Qualitative Inquiry

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“…Neuroscientific descriptions of love and touch are 'safe', in as much as they respond to the neo-liberal agenda of rationality and productivity. As the field struggles to define what rational, appropriate touch and love is (Author, 2016, Page, 2017, Cousins, 2017a, 2017b, Dalli, 2013, Hansen, 2014, the articulation of existential, indefinable and uncertain aspects of love in ECEC remain unexamined.…”

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Embracing uncertainty: a diffractive approach to love in the context of early childhood education and care

Aslanian

2018

International Journal of Early Years Education

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Young children spend an increasing amount of time in out of home care, as neuroscientific research reveals the pivotal role love and touch plays in children's development. In response to this new knowledge, there is a growing interest in love and touch in the context of early childhood education. Sadly, cases of sexual abuse in ECEC settings have ignited fear and uncertainty among stakeholders in regards to what kind of touch and how much love is appropriate to feel for children in ECEC. Research exploring love in early childhood education tends therefore to be concerned with creating certainty in regards to love as a safe and healthy practice. This focus, though neccesary to develop knowledge about love, also silences other uncertain aspects of love in the context of early childhood education that affect early childhood educators. Drawing on Karen Barad's diffraction methodology, this article engages a diffractive analysis and transforms educators' solicited narratives of love in pedagogic practice into love poems. The poems attend to the overflowing quality of love as an uncertain, ephemeral phenomenon, invoking moments of pleasure and the desire to connect with children as personal matters, rather than solely professional concerns.

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Glow up: the power of fiction in higher education research

Cunningham,

Mills

2024

Teaching in Higher Education

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The use of poetry in a spiral-patterned methodology for research about love in early childhood

Cited by 3 publications

References 39 publications

Poetically Poking at Language and Power: Using Black Feminist Poetry to Conduct Rigorous Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis

Poetically Poking at Language and Power: Using Black Feminist Poetry to Conduct Rigorous Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis

Embracing uncertainty: a diffractive approach to love in the context of early childhood education and care

Glow up: the power of fiction in higher education research

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