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Teachers’ negotiation of democratic risk and professional agency in early years and primary education: insights from participatory research ecologies

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datacite.subject.fosCiências Sociais::Ciências da Educação
datacite.subject.sdg04:Educação de Qualidade
dc.contributor.authorNeves, Claudia
dc.contributor.authorPažur, Monika
dc.contributor.authorOliveira, Juliana Gazzinelli de
dc.contributor.authorAbrantes, Pedro
dc.contributor.authorAbelha, Marta
dc.contributor.authorAlmeida, Ana Patrícia
dc.contributor.authorRimac Jurinović, Maša
dc.contributor.authorDomovic, Vlatka
dc.contributor.authorDrvodelic, Maja
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-29T09:53:48Z
dc.date.available2026-06-29T09:53:48Z
dc.date.issued2026
dc.description.abstractThis article examines how teachers in Early Years and Primary Education experience and negotiate democratic risk when enacting democratic pedagogy. Drawing on qualitative data generated through participatory research in Portugal and Croatia within the Horizon Europe AECED project, the study analyses reflections, dialogical exchanges, and collaborative inquiry processes from 33 participants across four cases. Democratic risk is conceptualised as situations in which teachers perceive that democratic pedagogical action may expose them to uncertainty, loss of control, professional scrutiny, or relational tension. The findings identify three interrelated themes: (1) democratic risk as pedagogical, professional, relational, and institutional exposure; (2) the negotiation of legitimacy and accountability; and (3) participatory research as a professional learning ecology supporting teacher agency. Rather than functioning merely as a barrier, democratic risk emerges as an inherent condition of democratic pedagogy and a key site for the development of professional judgement and agency. The article contributes to research on democratic education by introducing democratic risk as an empirically grounded analytic concept and by demonstrating how teacher agency is enacted relationally within professional and institutional contexts. It further highlights the role of participatory research in supporting teachers to navigate the tensions inherent in democratic practice.eng
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Pro-gramme under grant agreement No. 101061614 (AECED – Aesthetic and Embodied Learning for Democracy-as-becoming).
dc.identifier.citationNeves, C., Pažur, M., Oliveira, J., Abrantes, P., Abelha, M., Almeida, A. P., Rimac Jurinović, M., Domović, V., & Drvodelić, M. (2026). Teachers’ negotiation of democratic risk and professional agency in Early Years and Primary Education: Insights from participatory research ecologies. Education Sciences, 16(7), 1006. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci16071006
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/educsci16071006
dc.identifier.issn1996-2026
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/22211
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherMDPi
dc.relation.hasversionhttps://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/16/7/1006
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectDemocratic education
dc.subjectDemocratic risk
dc.subjectTeacher agency
dc.subjectParticipatory research
dc.subjectEarly years education
dc.subjectPrimary education
dc.titleTeachers’ negotiation of democratic risk and professional agency in early years and primary education: insights from participatory research ecologieseng
dc.typejournal article
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