Danby1996

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Danby1996
BibType ARTICLE
Key Danby1996
Author(s) Susan Danby
Title Constituting Social Membership: Two Readings of Talk in an Early Childhood Classroom
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Tag(s) play, preschool children, classroom interaction, social membership
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Year 1996
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Journal Language and Education
Volume 10
Number 2-3
Pages 151–170
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DOI 10.1080/09500789608666706
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School
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Howpublished
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Abstract

This paper offers a detailed analysis of the speech practices of preschool-aged children engaged in their daily play and interactions by adopting a perspective that recognises young children organising social membership through talk and activity. A reading based on traditional early childhood practices and theories is contrasted with an alternative reading which shows children constructing gendered social membership. This reading constitutes children as persons of gender and power by showing how children are positioned (and position themselves) as teachers, learners and players engaged in their daily play and interactions.

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