‘Are You ‘Avin a Laff?’: A pedagogical response to Bakhtinian carnivalesque in early childhood education

About this item

Title

‘Are You ‘Avin a Laff?’: A pedagogical response to Bakhtinian carnivalesque in early childhood education

Content partner

University of Waikato

Collection

ResearchCommons@Waikato

Description

Rabelaian carnivalesque provided philosopher Mikhail Bakhtin with a means of exploring the significance of humour through an examination of Middle Age peasant culture and the influence of the Renaissance on its legitimacy. This article argues that a similar phenomenon exists in modern educational settings and provides evidence to suggest that very young children are highly capable of working within this genre as a strategic orientation. It is proposed that the role of the early childhood teac...

Read more

Format

Research Paper

Research format

Journal article

Date created

2013

Creator

White, Elizabeth Jayne

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10289/7676

Related subjects

Bakhtin / humour / early childhood education / pedagogy / carnivalesque / teacher

What is the copyright status of this item?

All Rights Reserved

This item is all rights reserved, which means you'll have to get permission from University of Waikato before using it.

More Information

University of Waikato has this to say about the rights status of this item:

©2023 The Author(s). This is an open-access article under the CCBY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

You can learn more about the rights status of this item at: https://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/pages/copyright_reuse/en

What can I do with this item?

You must always check with University of Waikato to confirm the specific terms of use, but this is our understanding:

Non-infringing use

NZ Copyright law does not prevent every use of a copyright work. You should consider what you can and cannot do with a copyright work.

No sharing

You may not copy and/or share this item with others without further permission. This includes posting it on your blog, using it in a presentation, or any other public use.

No modifying

You are not allowed to adapt or remix this item into any other works.

No commercial use

You may not use this item commercially.