'Day in the Life'
Summary: A 'Day in the Life' is an ecological investigation of aspects of culture in the interactional construction of childhood in diverse global communities. Regarding culture as a dynamic, interactionally produced dimension of the child's activities and socialization, as it is for her caregivers, the project methodology endeavours to enact as well as explore such processual notions. A collectively authored book has just been published: Gillen, J. & Cameron, C.A. (eds) (2010) International perspectives on early childhood research: A Day in the Life. Palgrave Macmillan.
Key Facts
Website: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/projects/dayinthelife/
Project Director: Julia Gillen
Dept/Research Groups: Lancaster Literacy Research Centre, Linguistics and English Language
Partners: University of Exeter, Open University, University of British Columbia, Canada, University of Florence, Italy, Carthage College, Wisconsin
Keywords: Ecology, Everyday life culture, Children, Culture, Families, Family, Literacy, Psychology, Qualitative methods, Qualitative research methods, Video
Project Description
Together with C.A. Cameron of the University of British Columbia, Julia Gillen directs 'Day in the Life' project.
Other investigators include:
Prof. G. Pinto - University of Firenze, Italy.
Dr. R. Hancock - Open University
Dr. S. Tapanya - University of Chiang Mai, Thailand
Dr. S. Young - Exeter University
Dr. L. Cameron - Carthage College, USA
Dr. B. Accorti Gamannossi - University of Firenze, Italy.
Published in 2010
Our Partners
University of Exeter - Dr Susan Young, Dept. of Education. Co-investigator.
Open University - Dr R. Hancock, Centre for Research in Education and Educational Technology. Co-investigator.
University of British Columbia, Canada - Prof. C.A. Cameron, Dept. of Psychology. Co-director.
University of Florence, Italy - Prof. G. Pinto & Dr. B. Accorti Gamannossi, Dept. of Psychology. Co-investigators.
Carthage College, Wisconsin - Dr E L Cameron - Co-investigator
Associated News Stories
AERA presentations
Date: 4 May 2010
Julia Gillen is at the American Educational Research Association Conference in Denver, Colorado. Ann Cameron and Julia Gillen are launching their new ... Read more»