Plastics, Birds, and Humans

Awakening and Quickening Ecological Minds in Young Children and Their Teachers

Bibliographic Data

ID22124243
AuthorsWill Parnell (0000-0001-6760-6582, Portland State University, corresponding author), Julianne Cullen (0000-0002-8547-180X, Portland State University), Michelle Domingues (0000-0002-5590-9575, Portland State University)
Year2022
Pages54-73
Publication date2022-06-16
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Childhood Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2371-4107 • E-ISSN: 2371-4115
PublisherUniversity of Victoria Libraries (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.18357/jcs202219641
OpenAlexW4283016249
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited17

Working with educators, artists, young children, and materials to make meaning with place affected by human environmental impacts, this study zooms in on a documentary of dying birds who’ve swallowed plastics. The birds’ habitat is an eye-opening 2,000 miles from the nearest continent and is infested with trash and plastic. The birds ingest many shiny plastic bits and slowly die. This research paper focuses in on experiences of sharing this documentary with teacher educators at an international conference, then educators in our own context, and then with early childhood artists working in reuse materials. The research captures a series of dialogues and materials interactions at each of the three gatherings about possible ways to research with young children on daunting ecological issues in perilously turbulent times

Archaeology · Art · Biology · Geography · Pedagogy · Quickening · Sociology · Visual arts · Art Education and Development · Children's Rights and Participation · Literacy, Media, and Education · Psychology · Ecology

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