Publications
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…
1 Mar 2022
The Role of the Early Childhood Educator in British Columbia
“View ECEBC’s position paper on the Role of the Early Childhood Educator in British Columbia. This position paper is a…
21 Oct 2021
Pedagogy and Pedagogists in Early Childhood Education
This article introduces a special issue of the Early Childhood Educator that tells some stories about the work that took…
12 Oct 2021
Manifesting living knowledges: A pedagogists’ working manifesto
In this paper authors Cristina D. Vintimilla, Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw & Nicole Land present a working manifesto that emerged from their projects…
19 May 2021
Pedagogists and the Early Childhood Pedagogy Network. The Early Childhood Educator, 17-19.
This article provides a brief introduction to the BC Early Childhood Pedagogy Network (ECPN), funded through the Ministry of Children…
16 Nov 2020
ECEBC’s Position Paper: Integrating the Early Childhood Education Professional and Programs into the Ministry of Education
“This position paper builds on the pioneering research, policy recommendations, and advocacy work behind the broadly supported Community Plan for…