Gloria Quinones
Biographic Data
| ID | 5235574 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gloria Quinones |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gloria |
| FAMILY NAME | Quinones |
| SIGNATURE | QUINONES G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Monash University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0795-2210 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
‘I can plan too, just like the teacher’
In Chilean early childhood education (ECE), teaching assistants (TAs) are numerically dominant yet largely absent from professional and policy frameworks. Drawing on Dahlberg and Moss’s critical ECE perspective and an ethics of care framework, this qualitative study examines how TAs in two public ECE centres in Santiago construct discourses about their pedagogical practice. Data were generated through two focus groups and four individual intervie…
Understanding the caring professional dispositions of the early childhood education teacher assistants in Chile
Despite their crucial global importance in the daily work within classrooms, teacher assistants are barely addressed in early childhood education (ECE) teaching policy and research. In this context, little is known about features of their role – more commonly studied in the case of lead teachers – such as their professional dispositions. This paper analyses the discourses of a group of Chilean ECE teacher assistants about their dispositions, expl…
Young children's grief
This paper investigates how very young children experience grief through moments of separation, absence, and reunion in an early childhood setting. Drawing on data from a study in Australia, the analysis focuses on ethnographic video observations of siblings Grace and Rosy, collected over four months. The sisters were observed during everyday routines, including arrivals, mealtimes, play, and sleep transitions. Using a cultural-historical approac…
Assessing the impact of Covid-19 and policy reforms on early childhood education in Victoria, Australia
World-wide, COVID-19 significantly impacted the education sector, and specifically the Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) sector in Victoria, Australia. This caused declines in children’s enrolment due to restrictions that limited centre operations. After the COVID-19 pandemic, the Victorian government introduced the Best Start, Best Life reform (2024) to improve accessibility and equity in ECEC. The impact of the reform over three key per…
Forms of disrespect
This article discusses the ways in which toddlers carry out forms of disrespect during peer conflicts in Australian and Finnish early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings. We investigate forms of disrespect in naturally occurring peer interactions by applying interaction analysis and Honneth’s theory of recognition. Drawing on Honneth , our study provides an empirical foundation for examining what leads to toddlers’ disrespectful acts. Ou…
Becoming a professional
The Australian National Quality Framework for Early Childhood Education defines professionalism as staff working together in respectful, ethical and reciprocal ways. However, limited research explores how preservice teachers (PSTs) navigate implicit knowledge and relational tensions during professional experience. Drawing on the cultural–historical concept of moral imagination, this study moves beyond decontextualised notions of expertise to exam…
The influence of family life on the pedagogical praxis of male teachers in early childhood education and care
There is increasing literature regarding the experiences of men working in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC). Around the world, men are an under-represented group in ECEC settings. The article uses a cultural-historical wholeness approach to explore the interconnected dimensions of the personal and institutional perspectives of male ECEC teachers. The focus is on the participants’ personal experiences (family) and professional practices (…
Ethics of care involving young children
Climate change education for the youngest children
Constructions of quality
There is increasing pressure on Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) settings to align their practices and values to that of schools, with the notion that a quality education in ECEC consists of providing care whilst also ensuring strong learning outcomes. This paper employs the constructs of structural and process quality to theorise the perceived disparities between ECEC institutions and schools and between ECEC services during the COVID-1…
A cultural-historical perspective of young children gaining autonomy in the playground
This paper draws on a three-year ethnographic study during which we investigated young children's cultural development in a Brazilian early childhood centre. A cultural-historical approach was used to understand the concept of autonomy. We focus on Danilo, a very young child who overcame his fear of using a play slide (a cultural artefact). We believe that this process led to his achievement. Our findings suggest that young children's conquests c…
Encounters with stones
Traditional games are commonly understood for their long establishment, passed down over generations and characterised by the simplicity of their materials. The aim of this article is to explore traditional games where materials are at the centre, focusing on games with stones. Through a new-materialist perspective, using Barad’s concept of ‘intra-activity’ and Lenz Taguchi’s notion of ‘performative agency’, stones are not seen as passive things …
A cultural-historical exploration of relational ethics in research involving children
Circuits of sympathy
New materialism has the potential to deepen critical engagement between vibrant things, everyday places and intra-actions between humans and non-humans in early childhood education. This article explores Australian pre-service teachers’ understandings of children and childhood when encountering the vibrant forces of things and places. The authors explore Jane Bennett's ‘circuits of sympathy’ to analyse the atmospheric forces encountered in pre-se…
Kindergarten practitioners’ perspectives on intergenerational programs in Norwegian kindergartens during the Covid-19 pandemic
Intergenerational programs have benefits for both children and older adults; however, the ongoing pandemic has changed social situations across the globe. The focus of this article is on exploring transitions and transformations due to societal conditions and demands that drive the implementation of intergenerational programs during a time of a global crisis that is the COVID-19 pandemic. Through an online survey form and focus group discussion, …
Early childhood educators’ psychological distress and wellbeing during the Covid-19 pandemic
Moral imagination
Children’s Virtual Worlds and Friendships during the covid-19 Pandemic
From March 2020 in Australia, the covid -19 pandemic resulted in regulations for social distancing, which meant that students were homeschooled. Social distancing exponentially increased the exposure of most young children to digital technology such as touchscreens (iPads) and digital flip cameras. This study focuses on two seven-year-old children who maintain their friendship during covid -19 by imaginary performances and playing virtual games. …
Playful qualities of toddling style in adult–child interaction
This study explores toddling style in adult–child interaction. Toddling style was conceptualised by Gunvor Løkken in relation to toddlers’ playful and social style in peer groups; however, adults’ position was rarely explored. Therefore, this article aims to examine adults’ emotional and playful support in creating, maintaining and developing toddling style. A cultural–historical approach and a multimodal interaction analysis is used for analysin…
Developing a drama pedagogy for toddler education
This article examines how an educator develops a drama pedagogy through the course of her dramatic interactions with three toddlers. A cultural-historical approach was used to explore the concepts of dramatic interactions and dimensions of drama pedagogy. Visual research methodology involved video observations and a reflective interview with the educator. A case example uses an everyday moment that took place in an Australian childcare centre. Th…
Visual narrative methodology in educational research with babies
This paper examines an experimental technique that uses visual narrative methodology and dialogue commentary to create an effective research methodology for a pilot project studying babies and toddlers in long day care centres and family contexts. Researchers from different cultural backgrounds using video technology, formed the team of chief investigators. One video clip was chosen to make independent descriptions, comments and interpretations o…
Visual Vivencias’ to understand subjectivity and affective connection in young children
This paper theorizes the concept of affective connection as a dimension of subjective sense. A methodological tool of ‘Visual Vivencias’ is used to analyse how young children create affective connections with adults and other young children. A cultural - historical approach is discussed to explain how young children develop significant and affective relations and connections with each other. Video observations were made of a baby and her family w…
“Visual Vivencias”
Women's Stake in the Rainbow Coalition
Women's Stake in the Rainbow Coalition
“Visual Vivencias”
Visual narrative methodology in educational research with babies
This paper examines an experimental technique that uses visual narrative methodology and dialogue commentary to create an effective research methodology for a pilot project studying babies and toddlers in long day care centres and family contexts. Researchers from different cultural backgrounds using video technology, formed the team of chief investigators. One video clip was chosen to make independent descriptions, comments and interpretations o…
Visual Vivencias’ to understand subjectivity and affective connection in young children
This paper theorizes the concept of affective connection as a dimension of subjective sense. A methodological tool of ‘Visual Vivencias’ is used to analyse how young children create affective connections with adults and other young children. A cultural - historical approach is discussed to explain how young children develop significant and affective relations and connections with each other. Video observations were made of a baby and her family w…
Developing a drama pedagogy for toddler education
This article examines how an educator develops a drama pedagogy through the course of her dramatic interactions with three toddlers. A cultural-historical approach was used to explore the concepts of dramatic interactions and dimensions of drama pedagogy. Visual research methodology involved video observations and a reflective interview with the educator. A case example uses an everyday moment that took place in an Australian childcare centre. Th…
Playful qualities of toddling style in adult–child interaction
This study explores toddling style in adult–child interaction. Toddling style was conceptualised by Gunvor Løkken in relation to toddlers’ playful and social style in peer groups; however, adults’ position was rarely explored. Therefore, this article aims to examine adults’ emotional and playful support in creating, maintaining and developing toddling style. A cultural–historical approach and a multimodal interaction analysis is used for analysin…
Moral imagination
Children’s Virtual Worlds and Friendships during the covid-19 Pandemic
From March 2020 in Australia, the covid -19 pandemic resulted in regulations for social distancing, which meant that students were homeschooled. Social distancing exponentially increased the exposure of most young children to digital technology such as touchscreens (iPads) and digital flip cameras. This study focuses on two seven-year-old children who maintain their friendship during covid -19 by imaginary performances and playing virtual games. …
Circuits of sympathy
New materialism has the potential to deepen critical engagement between vibrant things, everyday places and intra-actions between humans and non-humans in early childhood education. This article explores Australian pre-service teachers’ understandings of children and childhood when encountering the vibrant forces of things and places. The authors explore Jane Bennett's ‘circuits of sympathy’ to analyse the atmospheric forces encountered in pre-se…
Kindergarten practitioners’ perspectives on intergenerational programs in Norwegian kindergartens during the Covid-19 pandemic
Intergenerational programs have benefits for both children and older adults; however, the ongoing pandemic has changed social situations across the globe. The focus of this article is on exploring transitions and transformations due to societal conditions and demands that drive the implementation of intergenerational programs during a time of a global crisis that is the COVID-19 pandemic. Through an online survey form and focus group discussion, …
Early childhood educators’ psychological distress and wellbeing during the Covid-19 pandemic
Encounters with stones
Traditional games are commonly understood for their long establishment, passed down over generations and characterised by the simplicity of their materials. The aim of this article is to explore traditional games where materials are at the centre, focusing on games with stones. Through a new-materialist perspective, using Barad’s concept of ‘intra-activity’ and Lenz Taguchi’s notion of ‘performative agency’, stones are not seen as passive things …
A cultural-historical exploration of relational ethics in research involving children
Constructions of quality
There is increasing pressure on Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) settings to align their practices and values to that of schools, with the notion that a quality education in ECEC consists of providing care whilst also ensuring strong learning outcomes. This paper employs the constructs of structural and process quality to theorise the perceived disparities between ECEC institutions and schools and between ECEC services during the COVID-1…
A cultural-historical perspective of young children gaining autonomy in the playground
This paper draws on a three-year ethnographic study during which we investigated young children's cultural development in a Brazilian early childhood centre. A cultural-historical approach was used to understand the concept of autonomy. We focus on Danilo, a very young child who overcame his fear of using a play slide (a cultural artefact). We believe that this process led to his achievement. Our findings suggest that young children's conquests c…
Forms of disrespect
This article discusses the ways in which toddlers carry out forms of disrespect during peer conflicts in Australian and Finnish early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings. We investigate forms of disrespect in naturally occurring peer interactions by applying interaction analysis and Honneth’s theory of recognition. Drawing on Honneth , our study provides an empirical foundation for examining what leads to toddlers’ disrespectful acts. Ou…
Becoming a professional
The Australian National Quality Framework for Early Childhood Education defines professionalism as staff working together in respectful, ethical and reciprocal ways. However, limited research explores how preservice teachers (PSTs) navigate implicit knowledge and relational tensions during professional experience. Drawing on the cultural–historical concept of moral imagination, this study moves beyond decontextualised notions of expertise to exam…
The influence of family life on the pedagogical praxis of male teachers in early childhood education and care
There is increasing literature regarding the experiences of men working in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC). Around the world, men are an under-represented group in ECEC settings. The article uses a cultural-historical wholeness approach to explore the interconnected dimensions of the personal and institutional perspectives of male ECEC teachers. The focus is on the participants’ personal experiences (family) and professional practices (…
Ethics of care involving young children
Climate change education for the youngest children
‘I can plan too, just like the teacher’
In Chilean early childhood education (ECE), teaching assistants (TAs) are numerically dominant yet largely absent from professional and policy frameworks. Drawing on Dahlberg and Moss’s critical ECE perspective and an ethics of care framework, this qualitative study examines how TAs in two public ECE centres in Santiago construct discourses about their pedagogical practice. Data were generated through two focus groups and four individual intervie…
Understanding the caring professional dispositions of the early childhood education teacher assistants in Chile
Despite their crucial global importance in the daily work within classrooms, teacher assistants are barely addressed in early childhood education (ECE) teaching policy and research. In this context, little is known about features of their role – more commonly studied in the case of lead teachers – such as their professional dispositions. This paper analyses the discourses of a group of Chilean ECE teacher assistants about their dispositions, expl…
Young children's grief
This paper investigates how very young children experience grief through moments of separation, absence, and reunion in an early childhood setting. Drawing on data from a study in Australia, the analysis focuses on ethnographic video observations of siblings Grace and Rosy, collected over four months. The sisters were observed during everyday routines, including arrivals, mealtimes, play, and sleep transitions. Using a cultural-historical approac…
Assessing the impact of Covid-19 and policy reforms on early childhood education in Victoria, Australia
World-wide, COVID-19 significantly impacted the education sector, and specifically the Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) sector in Victoria, Australia. This caused declines in children’s enrolment due to restrictions that limited centre operations. After the COVID-19 pandemic, the Victorian government introduced the Best Start, Best Life reform (2024) to improve accessibility and equity in ECEC. The impact of the reform over three key per…
Psychology (17 works) · Sociology (14 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (11 works) · Developmental psychology (10 works) · Children's Rights and Participation (9 works) · Early childhood (9 works) · Early childhood education (9 works) · Pedagogy (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Art (6 works)