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Anthrozoology in early childhood education :

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TLets697483

Title Proper

Anthrozoology in early childhood education :

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[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Gallard, Diahann

Title Proper by Another Author

a multiphase mixed methods study of animal-related education in early childhood

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Hennessy, Claire ; McIlroy, David ; Smears, Elizabeth

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Liverpool John Moores University

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2015

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

Ph.D.

Body granting the degree

Liverpool John Moores University

Text preceding or following the note

2015

Text of Note

This study is about the features of educational experience in early childhood linked to animals, with a particular emphasis on the role and perspectives of early education practitioners (EEPs) in England. It includes a consideration of the influences of the earlier scholars and philosophers and a shift in pedagogy and methods for young children's education; about animals, with animals and 'as nature'. The study 'maps' the status of animal-related education in early childhood and it notes a decline in animal-assisted learning which has occurred as an outcome of particular political activities, legislation, and other factors. The research is both exploratory and confirmatory and utilised a mixed methods bricolage as a methodology, method and philosophy. There are three phases of research; an evaluation of the status of animal-assisted and animal-related learning in early childhood education, an inquiry into the attitudes and perspectives of early education practitioners and the development and piloting of a framework to support early education practitioners for animal-related education. The action-oriented final phase includes the piloting of an 'Animal Aware School' scheme and a number of dissemination activities and these are evaluated. An outcome of the research is the identification of the association between animal-related education and the global agenda for a Sustainable Future (SF) and the emergence of the notion of 'noticing animals'. The findings of this thesis make an original contribution to knowledge in the field in three ways; 1) There has been a collection of new data - predominantly the perspectives of early education practitioners about animal-related education in early childhood - and a first systematic review of relevant texts and discourse, 2) This is a first inquiry at the intersection of the anthrozoology, early childhood education and psychology fields of study about animal-related education in early childhood, and 3) There has been the creation of a new term 'Early Childhood Educational Anthrozoology' which has not been in usage before and will help with future discourse.

LB1501 Primary Education

Gallard, Diahann

Hennessy, Claire

McIlroy, David

Smears, Elizabeth

Liverpool John Moores University

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