Collaborative Pathways to Friendship in Early Childhood

Early childhood is a time of wonder excitement adventure and learning. A time to experience social relations and friendships and all of the emotions involved. The joy and the excitement â of creating a common world with friends. A world of âwhat ifâ and âas ifâ moments that are accepted and built together or rejected â leading to frustration sadness and exclusion â the darker side of friendship. In this book cultural-historical concepts are used to analyse the everyday lives of children. Inspired by contemporary ideas about moral imagination Collaborative Pathways to Friendship in Early Childhood theorises friendship as a concept. Traditionally studies about friendship in early childhood focus on relations built in educational settings. As a point of difference Dr Adams and Dr Quinones introduce the conditions that are created for with and by young children as they move between everyday family life and transition into education settings. Through narratives of internationally mobile families moving into Malaysia and established families in Mexico varying perspectives of children parents teachers and principals are presented â culminating in a holistic understanding of friendship in early childhood. Providing insight into varied perspectives and processes involved when young children enter into friendships this book will be of interest to researchers post graduate students and teacher educators specialising in early childhood education child psychology or social work. . Language: English