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| Title: |
“The Wall that Stops the Outside Coming In”: Exploring Infinity and Other “Difficult” Concepts with a Preschooler |
| Author: |
Towers, Jo Anderson, Ann |
| Appeared in: |
Early child development and care |
| Paging: | Volume 145 (1998) nr. 1 pages 17-29 |
| Year: |
1998 |
| Contents: |
At the centre of many debates about 'developmentally appropriate practice' (NAEYC & NAECS, 1991) is the issue of difficulty and challenge. In this study we examine one preschooler's (Amy) conversations with the first author in an attempt to re-think what we as educators consider difficult for this age group. The informal interviews from which the data are drawn provide a window into mathematical queries which interest or puzzle Amy at those times, as well as the ways in which she challenges the interviewer mathematically. It is evident from these task-based conversations that topics which primary teachers and caregivers might traditionally avoid, such as 'infinity' and 'negative numbers', were concepts this four-year-old's inquiry brought into view. The authors argue that we find ways to give prominence to individual children's questioning of mathematical ideas and in turn, pause to reconsider what is 'difficult' mathematics for the early years. |
| Publisher: |
Routledge |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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