Early childhood practitioners in many countries are facing an increasingly influential discourse on ‘outcomes’, ‘quality’, ‘curriculum’ and other means of regulation which leaves them with a fundamental dilemma: They are expected to achieve predetermined outcomes in a working context that is increasingly diverse and less predictable.
This seminar explores challenges and possibilities in the light of the work of two thinkers who have been most influential for shaping our understandings of early childhood practices: Paolo Freire and Michel Foucault. It aims at discussing policy-practice-relationships that allow for and encourage the development of critical thinking and embrace ‘untested feasibilities’ rather than predetermined outcomes.
Readings will be in English only, although the seminar will be held in German.
Compulsory readings will be provided at the beginning of the seminar
Es werden im Seminar ausschließlich Englische Texte gelesen. Die Arbeitssprache ist allerdings deutsch.
Literatur zu Beginn der Veranstaltung und im Stud.IP
Admission settings
The course is part of admission "Anmeldung gesperrt (global)".
