Collective Imagining

The Early Genesis and Development of a sense of Collectiveness during Infancy

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12944264
AutoresGlykeria Fragkiadaki (0000-0001-7280-783X, Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute, autor de correspondencia), Marilyn Fleer (0000-0002-1224-5510, Australian Research Council), Prabhat Rai (0000-0001-9344-2614, Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute)
Año2021
Volumen17
Número3
Páginas84-94
Fecha de publicación2021-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCultural-Historical Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1816-5435 • E-ISSN: 2224-8935
EditorialMoscow State University of Psychology and Education (PUBLISHER • RU)
DOI10.17759/chp.2021170312
OpenAlexW3210323920
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas23

On entering formal education, infants face the demand of participating in collective educational rou¬tines and learning experiences. However, in this age period, the sense of collectiveness is still in an embry¬onic form. This study explored how infants enter into and experience the need for collectiveness and how teachers create the conditions for the development of a sense of collectiveness during infancy. Our educa¬tional experiment drew on a Conceptual PlayWorld, as a collective model of practice for the development of play and imagination. Thirteen infants (0,5—2 years old) participated in the study. Visual methods were used for digital data collection and analysis. It was found that, being in the imaginary situation as play part¬ners, teachers introduced to the infants’ environment the demand to align with the collective, consistently facilitated and sustained infants’ motive orientation to the collective. The use of props, the embodiment of the experience and the shift from physical objects and concrete spaces to a shared intellectual and abstract space appeared to be critical. The findings inform everyday practice and policy opening up a new area of understanding about the concept of collective imagining, as an important concept for the development of a collective orientation for infants

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