Living as Mapmakers

Charting a Course with Children Guided by Parent Knowledge

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While teacher knowledge is well-researched and conceptualized, parent knowledge remains largely unstudied. In response, this book details Pushor’s conceptualization of parent knowledge, the unique knowledge that arises from the lived experiences of being a parent, knowledge that is relational, bodied and embodied, intuitive, intimate, and uncertain. Drawing from her narrative inquiry into parent knowledge, Pushor shares and unpacks the stories of one participant as a way to provide a close up view of the parent knowledge a First Nations father held and used in living with and educating his children. Twelve teachers and parents then put forward their individual and contextual experiences immersed in explorations and use of parent knowledge, attending to the questions, How can what parents know enhance schooling experiences for children? How can parent knowledge, used alongside teacher knowledge, inform decisions made in schools and enhance curricular programming and outcomes for children?
Using the metaphor of maps … of mapmaking … of living as mapmakers, this book is a storied account of the new practices in which parents and teachers engaged to enable parent knowledge to guide their work with children. It is an honest and vulnerable account of their journeys. The authors puzzle over the complexities and the successes of their work and the resulting impact on children, parents, and teachers. This book is an invitation to educators and parents to consider how to walk alongside one another, using both teacher and parent knowledge, for the benefit of children’s learning and wellbeing.

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Preliminary Material
Pages: i–xv
Mapping Parent Knowledge
Pages: 21–41
From Educator to Mother
My Personal Journey
Pages: 43–49
If Only You Knew My Child the Way I Do
Erica’s Story
Pages: 51–64
Big Dog or Little Dog
Rethinking My Beliefs and Practices as a Parent and Educator
Pages: 65–74
Beginning a Journey Together
First Connections with Families
Pages: 75–87
Walking Alongside Parents
Carson’s Story
By: Kate Ney
Pages: 115–126
“It Takes a Village to Raise a Child”
A First Nations Perspective
Pages: 127–140
Wicihitowin
Finding My Place Alongside Parents in a Circle of Shared Responsibility
Pages: 141–150
Looking Inward, Looking Outward
Rethinking Practice
Pages: 151–167
New Canadian Parents as Guest Hosts on School Landscapes
From Theoretical Underpinnings to Practices of Possibility
Pages: 169–179
A Change of Consciousness
The Null Curriculum of Families
Pages: 195–209
About the Contributors
Pages: 227–231
Educational Researchers and their students
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