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7 - Epistemics

from Part I - Talk as Social Action

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2022

By
Ilana Mushin  and
Rod Gardner
Edited by
Amelia Church  and
Amanda Bateman
Amelia Church
Affiliation:
University of Melbourne
Amanda Bateman
Affiliation:
Swansea University
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Summary

Epistemics in EMCA involves the examination of what people know, how they demonstrate their knowledge, and how they design their contributions to take into account asymmetries of knowledge. In this chapter, we investigate epistemic practices in a classroom in the children’s first year of schooling to illustrate the ways in which an EMCA approach can unpack real time trajectories of knowledge management, even in very busy classrooms.

Keywords

epistemicsprocedural instructionsepistemic stanceearly childhood education
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Talking with Children
A Handbook of Interaction in Early Childhood Education
 , pp. 142 - 162
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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