Publications
12 Mar 2025
Pedagogical Narrations: Pedagogical Processes and Curricular Trajectories
The word “pedagogy” has taken on a life of its own. For many of us in early childhood education, pedagogy…
19 Nov 2024
ECPN’s Early Child Pedagogist Program: Professional Development
In August 2023, the ECPN was excited to start offering early childhood pedagogy professional development services through a contract with…
1 Sep 2024
Play‘s Liberatory Potential
Play is a complex concept in early childhood education. It is complex because we often forget “the trouble with play.”…
1 Sep 2024
Celebrating Our Collective Wisdom: Responding to the 21st Century
This is a summary of the plenary panel discussion from the 2024 ECEBC Conference – Celebrating Our Collective Wisdom: Responding…
17 May 2024
What/Who Is at Work in Children’s Play?
In early childhood education, there’s a widespread belief that play is an essential part of a good childhood and early…
28 Feb 2024
Play as World Making
Pedagogists in the BC Early Childhood Pedagogy Network (ECPN) engage daily with early childhood educators in conversations about play. These conversations often begin with statements related to the significance of play in children’s developmental trajectories. For instance, the conversation could focus on.....
22 Feb 2024
Childhoods: Becoming, Inheriting & Unbounding Bodies
This is the catalogue for the exhibition that took place in May of 2023 in Terrace B.C. It shares a glimpse into an ongoing inquiry with a group of children (1-6 years old) at HOP (Hands On Playcare) Early Childhood Education Centre. Children, educators, and pedagogists were provoked by the thoughts and ideas emerging from tracing and drawing life-sized bodies. Working with life-sized bodies created curriculum possibilities for children and educators to think deeply about how they understand the concept of the body.
15 Jul 2022
A qualitative examination of early childhood educators’ participation in professional learning
This article (1) describes a model of professional learning trialed in western Canada that supports educators to engage with social…
13 Jul 2022
Too Academic? Too Hard to Pronounce? The Un/familiar Language of Pedagogy
In working with educators and student educators, authors ECPN Co-Directors Veronica Pacini-Ketchebaw and Kathleen Kummen often hear about struggles with…