The Competent Child: valuing all young children as knowledgeable commentators on their own lives

In this paper, we discuss the concept of ‘competency’ and ‘the competent child’ in relation to young children, particularly those who may be considered ‘less competent’ than others, whether through disability, ethnicity or socio-economic background. We critique normative discourses of ‘competency’ a...

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Main Authors:	CLARK, ALISON, FLEWITT, ROSIE
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Urray 2020
Subjects:	Science education, scientific revolution, history and philosophy of science and Science and mathematics education education Participation, early mathematics, mathematising process, children’s initiatives, play pedagogies Primary education, investigative approach, scientific and technological activities Material and virtual resources, praxeology, task, technique, technology, register, number sense, place-value system, Chinese abacus Science, pseudoscience, expert, media, television, media format Chemical reaction, MBL, Lebanon, labwork Spatial skills, programming cards, Scratch Jr, tangible material, code learning Contradictions, conflicts, turning points, early childhood, science education, motives, demands, everyday concepts, scientific concepts Explanations construction, teaching, sciences, preschool Avalanche, joint action theory for didactics (JATD), physics, resources, science communication Museology, science education, archaeological museum, interdisciplinary interpretation of museum collections, archaeometry Science disaffection, aims of science education, didactics, educational policy and administration Technology education, curriculum, gender Content analysis, qualitative research, primary school, scientific research activity PhD studies, PhD student, supervisor, research problem Science education, chemistry, conceptions, teaching practices, atomic models Health literacy, kindergarten teacher, qualitative research, content analysis Environmental education, environmental issues, social representations, word associations, environmental conceptions Indigenous education, biology education, models, living beings classification Digital technology, documentation work, programming, students’ autonomy, teacher education Science education, precursor models construction, flotation, teaching and learning strategy, preschool education. Science, investigation, école primaire, élèves en situation de handicap Scolarisation des élèves handicapés; habiletés éducatives; gestes professionnels d’ajustement; auxiliaire de vie scolaire; école primaire française Teacher training, mathematics teaching, scheme, instrument Teaching physics, energy concept, systems of signs, inscriptions, semiotic resources Concept force, didactic transposition, mathematical approach, students’ difficulties misconceptions France, history of science, teaching, experimental sciences, Volta. Inquiry based teaching, formulation of hypotheses, buoyancy, manipulation, students' ideas Inquiry-Based Science Education, biology in early childhood education, teaching practices in kindergarten, learning practices in kindergarten Early childhood science, drawing, young children’s ideas, change of state Science Education, Mathematics Education, international testing, school curricula Problems solving, knowledge, task, declarative, procedural, hierarchy Earth science curriculum, student learning, quality assessment, validity and reliability study, survey development Health education, educational styles, biomedical model, health promotion, textbooks Learning material; knowledge structures; WPW learning model; content specialization; engagement; heteroglossia Educative robotics, primary school, learning, micro-genetics approach, activity analysis Ethical issues, Biological Sciences, PCK, Scientific Argumentation Conception, learning, complexity, ecosystem Early childhood, graphical sign lexicons, repertoires, children’s mathematical graphics, emergent learners Young children’s thinking, sociocultural/cultural-historical theory, methodology, early childhood science Ancient remains, amphorae, mediation Why-questions, knowledge-statements, belief-statements, epistemic status of scientific theories Preparation, physics and technology teachers, science and technology education, Greece Logical-mathematical games, logical reasoning, operations and logical deductions, recurrence of logical-mathematical games in daily educational activities IBSE, primary school, Intentio, institutional science education project Gender, relationship to scientific knowledge, ROSE project, French student, secondary school science, science education Evaluation, professional competences, initial teachers, didactic roles Canadian science museums, mission statements, museum mission statements, roles, science centres, science museums Monologue, egocentric speech, thought, enunciative dimension, education Relativity of simultaneity, theory of conceptual fields, secondary school, Special Theory of Relativity Adequacy training-employment, epistemology, professional identity, occupational integration, teaching practices, professional knowledge, school knowledge Science education, participatory science, authenticity of learning, teaching practices, school-scientist partnerships Methodology, exploratory data analysis, inquiry based science education, teachers representations Representations, ICT uses; ICT practices; university students; digital skills Nature of science, teacher education, key-ideas, matrix of stages and strands, didactical units Bloodstream, scientific debate, language interactions, cognitive work Inquiry-based science education, previous experience, previous knowledge Mental argumentation, property based thinking, meaning in mathematics, thinking globally, the role of symbols Prospective teachers, elementary school, pedagogical competency, scientific competency, science and technology Energy, epistemological awareness, scientific constructs, trans-phenomenological aspect, system analysis Science exhibitions, technoscientific issues, practice and process, communicating controversy in science, critical viewer, negotiation Contextual issues, history of science, effective learning, physics education Early childhood science education; children’s ideas; communication; drawing activity; group discussion; research methods; Earth’s shape; day/night cycle Spatial awareness, direction, orientation, programmable toy Bee-Bot, educational scenario, preschool children’s representations Professional development, learning trajectories, student teachers, learning trajectories, expertise Problem solving, conceptual understanding, square, construction, pre-school education Visual methods, participation, early childhood, competency, Mosaic approach Early year education, decomposition, recycling, constructivist learning environment Transition, mathematics, coping styles, higher education, assessment History and Philosophy of Science, History and Philosophy of Mathematics, HP&ST Chemical education; car catalyst; students’ misconceptions; mental models Scientific education, continuing education, teachers, high school, participatory museum, society museums, museum of civilisation, exhibition media, community of practice Semiotic representation registers, proportionality, problem solving, tabular register, graphical register Metalinguistic function, scientific code, early childhood education, theatre semiotics
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