Running With Hermes: Imagining and Traversing a Transcultural Curriculum Path in the Postsecondary Early Childhood Education Classroom

Carolyn Bjartveit; E. Lisa Panayotidis

doi:10.18357/jcs.v40i3.15165

Running With Hermes: Imagining and Traversing a Transcultural Curriculum Path in the Postsecondary Early Childhood Education Classroom

Authors

Carolyn Bjartveit University of Calgary
E. Lisa Panayotidis University of Calgary

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18357/jcs.v40i3.15165

Keywords:

urriculum, hermeneutics, play (spiel), teacher ducation, transcultural

Abstract

While running on a forest path, we imagined the Greek god Hermes flying alongside and interrupting our progress. Similar to navigating alternative routes while running with Hermes, the immigrant educators interviewed for Carolyn Bjartveit’s doctoral study veered from a single curriculum course and playfully exchanged and challenged cultural and Western ideals about pedagogy and childcare. Drawing on the work of early childhood education (ECE) scholars and the research participants’ lived experiences, we critically consider how wild dreams, imaginings, and hermeneutic ideas about play may contribute to our understanding of a transcultural curriculum that acknowledges diversity and difference.

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Author Biographies

Carolyn Bjartveit, University of Calgary

Carolyn Bjartveit is a sessional instructor at the Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary. Her doctoral research focused on the topics of teaching and learning and the complex intersections between the self (of students and educators) and the curriculum in culturally diverse early childhood education postsecondary classrooms. Her research has appeared in the Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, the Journal of Applied Hermeneutics, and the journal Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood. Email: cjbjartv@ucalgary.ca

E. Lisa Panayotidis, University of Calgary

E. Lisa Panayotidis is professor and chair of educational studies in curriculum and learning at the Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary. Her multiauthored book Provoking Conversations on Inquiry in Teacher Education (Peter Lang, 2012), with Darren E. Lund, Hans Smits, and Jo Towers, recently won the 2015 book prize from the Canadian Association of Foundations of Education.

Published

2015-12-30

How to Cite

Bjartveit, C., & Panayotidis, E. L. (2015). Running With Hermes: Imagining and Traversing a Transcultural Curriculum Path in the Postsecondary Early Childhood Education Classroom. Journal of Childhood Studies, 40(3), 4–15. https://doi.org/10.18357/jcs.v40i3.15165

Issue

Vol. 40 No. 3 (Fall 2015): Canadian Children

Section

Child Study

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