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Towards democratic culture and political practice in early childhood education: The case for transformative change at a time of converging crisis // Rumo a uma cultura democrática e prática política na Educação de Infância: o caso para uma mudança transformadora num momento de crise convergente

Sousa, Diana; Moss, Peter; (2023) Towards democratic culture and political practice in early childhood education: The case for transformative change at a time of converging crisis // Rumo a uma cultura democrática e prática política na Educação de Infância: o caso para uma mudança transformadora num momento de crise convergente. ETD - Educação Temática Digital , 25 , Article e023067. 10.20396/etd.v25i00.8672067. Green open access

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O artigo argumenta a importância da escolha de uma cultura democrática para a educação em geral e para a educação de infância em particular. Situa a sua discussão numa visão de cultura democrática no contexto actual de crises existenciais convergentes e de fim da hegemonia neoliberal, tornando a mudança transformadora, embora difícil, ao mesmo tempo urgente e possível. O conceito de “cultura democrática” é elaborado e é enfatizada a sua importância para a produção de significado para permitir uma mudança de práticas e pensamentos técnicos para práticas e pensamentos políticos. São consideradas algumas possíveis consequências da escolha de uma cultura democrática para a educação de infância, em termos das escolhas políticas que podem ser feitas no que diz respeito aos propósitos da educação, da pedagogia e da imagem das escolas, dos professores e das crianças. O artigo termina considerando possíveis processos de mudança transformadora para a educação de infância, fornecendo exemplos de projetos locais que evoluíram em direção a uma cultura democrática. PALAVRAS-CHAVE educação de infância, cultura democrática, prática política, crise convergente.// The paper argues the case for choosing a democratic culture for education in general and early childhood education in particular. It locates its discussion, and the case made for democratic culture, in a current context of converging existential crises and the ending of the neoliberal hegemony, making transformative change, though difficult, both urgent and possible. The concept of ‘democratic culture’ is elaborated and its importance for the production of meaning and for enabling a turn from technical to political thinking and practice emphasised. Some possible consequences of choosing a democratic culture for early childhood education are considered, in terms of the political choices that may be made with respect to the purposes of education, pedagogy and the image of schools, teachers and children. The article ends by considering possible processes of transformative change for early childhood education, providing examples of local projects that have evolved towards a democratic culture.

Type: Article
Title: Towards democratic culture and political practice in early childhood education: The case for transformative change at a time of converging crisis // Rumo a uma cultura democrática e prática política na Educação de Infância: o caso para uma mudança transformadora num momento de crise convergente
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.20396/etd.v25i00.8672067
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.20396/etd.v25i00.8672067
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright (c) 2023 ETD - Educação Temática Digital This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CC-BY-NC-ND), where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0) // Este trabalho está licenciado sob uma licença Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Keywords: early childhood education, democratic culture, political practice, converging crisis.//educación de la primera infancia, cultura democrática, práctica política, crisis convergente
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Learning and Leadership
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute
URI: https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10182800
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