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Contemporary Psychoanalytic Approaches to Early Childhood Education edited by Alex Collopy offers critical analyses of psychoanalytic theory to provide a deeper understanding of the construction and education of young children from infancy to age eight, focusing on the experiences of children with identified disabilities, social, emotional, gender, linguistic, racial, and socioeconomic differences. It also provides portraits of early childhood practice and early childhood teacher trainings to demonstrate the potential of psychoanalysis as both a lens for understanding the dynamic nature of being, development and learning, and as a creative, multimodal method for facilitating new relationships between the inner and relational worlds of children and adults. Written by and for scholars and professional educators in curriculum and instruction, school psychology, infant mental health, social work, and allied professions, this book provides insight into the histories, present, and potential futures of psychoanalysis within and across education spaces as an act of advocacy for young children.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Alex Collopy

Part I: Psychoanalytic Approaches to Understanding Children and Childhood

Chapter 1: Psychoanalytic Temporality: From Chronology to Duration in the Making of Childhood History
Lisa Farley
Chapter 2: Contemporary Gender(s): Reconsidering Freudian, Postfoundational, and Psychoanalytic Perspectives for Educators and Practitioners
Janice Kroeger, Christopher Konieczko, Dana Oleskiewicz, Alexandra C. Gunn, and Andrea Sanchez
Chapter 3: “Reading is Cheating!” Children with Learning Disabilities and Their Need to Communicate
Ionas Sapountzis
Chapter 4: Projective Identification at Work in the Psychological Assessment of Children
Greta Carlson

Part II: Psychoanalytic Approaches to Early Childhood Education Settings

Chapter 5: Is There a Place for Psychoanalytic Theory in the Classroom?
Michael Trout
Chapter 6: Winnicott Comes to School: Using Transitional Objects in Classroom Life
Lesley Koplow
Chapter 7: The Narcissism of Curriculum: The Importance of Listening to Children
Eileen Johnson
Chapter 8: Psychotherapeutic Practices are for Everyone
Alex Collopy
Chapter 9: The Essential Role of Play in Early Childhood Education
Joanna Fortune

Part III: Psychoanalytic Approaches to Early Childhood Teacher Education

Chapter 10: A Case for Early Childhood Teacher Education Informed by Psychic Genera
Clio Stearns
Chapter 11: Work Group Discussions in Teacher Education: Evoking Associative Objects
H. James Garrett
Chapter 12: Our First Foray into Work Discussion Groups with a University Laboratory School
Alex Collopy, Lydia Bingham, Kailey Price, and Carley Rader

Appendix: Trauma- Informed Healing- Centered Practice: Teddy Bears in Traumatic Times (Fall 2021)
About the Contributors

Product details

Published Feb 19 2025
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 270
ISBN 9781666964646
Imprint Lexington Books
Illustrations 3 b/w photos; 1 table
Dimensions 9 x 6 inches
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Alex Collopy

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Lydia Bingham

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Greta Carlson

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Lisa Farley

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Joanna Fortune

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Alexandra C. Gunn

Alexandra C. Gunn is Associate Professor and Assoc…

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Eileen Johnson

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Lesley Koplow

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Janice Kroeger

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Kailey Price

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Carley Rader

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Andrea Sanchez

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Clio Stearns

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Michael Trout

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