‘The funeral’: a study of children's shared meaning‐making and its developmental significance
- 1 March 2005
- journal article
- other
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Early Years
- Vol. 25 (1), 5-16
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09575140500042775
Abstract
This article argues the need to examine communication in joint play situations rather than individual assessments in solitary play situations when children's development is focused. Informed by Bakhtin's dialogical and Moscovici's interactionist perspectives, observations were made of the interaction between two girls, aged 3½ and 4, playing at holding a funeral ceremony, in the setting of a Swedish pre‐school. The analysis shows that new knowledge occurred through negotiations of appropriate actions in play. The children's interactions resulted in shared meaning‐making of the funeral as a ritual of revival.Keywords
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