‘Special’ non-human actors in the ‘inclusive’ early childhood classroom: The wrist band, the lock and the scooter board

Global Studies of Childhood

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 266-278

  Watson, Karen ^a   Millei, Zsuzsa ^a,b   Petersen, Eva Bendix ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Discourse; early childhood; inclusion; non human actor; power; normal

Indexed keywords

EID: 85031433126     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20436106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2043610615597141     Document Type: Article

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