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Learning democracy in early education: aesthetic and embodied pedagogies in teachers’ professional learning

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datacite.subject.fosCiências Sociais
datacite.subject.sdg04:Educação de Qualidade
dc.contributor.authorNeves, Claudia
dc.contributor.authorPažur, Monika
dc.contributor.authorOliveira, Juliana Gazzinelli de
dc.contributor.authorAlmeida, Ana Patrícia
dc.contributor.authorAbelha, Marta
dc.contributor.authorAbrantes, Pedro
dc.date.accessioned2026-09-01T09:58:29Z
dc.date.available2026-09-01T09:58:29Z
dc.date.issued2026-08-06
dc.description.abstractThis article examines how aesthetic and embodied pedagogies support teachers’ professional learning for democratic practice in early childhood and primary education. Drawing on a Participatory Action Research (PAR) design within the Aesthetic and Embodied Learning for Democracy (AELD) strand of the AECED project, the study analyses four cases developed in Portugal and Croatia. The Portuguese cases involved a 50-hour online professional learning course structured around PAR phases, while the Croatian cases consisted of face-to-face workshops using storytelling, drama, movement and reflective dialogue. Data were generated through reflective writings, forum contributions, visual documentation and observational records. Thematic and interpretive cross-case analysis showed that aesthetic and embodied pedagogies supported teachers in developing greater sensitivity to children’s perspectives, stronger awareness of participation as a relational and ethical practice and greater willingness to co-construct pedagogical decisions. Findings suggest that professional learning can function as a democratic inquiry shaped by relational and institutional conditions. The article contributes to democratic education scholarship by foregrounding teacher professional learning as a key site where democracy is enacted and interpreted.eng
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study was conducted as part of the AECED project Transforming Education for Democracy through Aesthetic and Embodied Learning, Responsive Pedagogies and Democracy-as-becoming, funded by the European Union HORIZON EUROPE Culture, Creativity and Inclusive society research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101094052.
dc.identifier.citationCláudia Neves, Monika Pazur, Juliana Gazzinelli, Ana Patrícia Almeida, Marta Abelha & Pedro Abrantes (06 Aug 2026): Learning democracy in early education: aesthetic and embodied pedagogies in teachers’ professional learning, European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, DOI: 10.1080/1350293X.2026.2671828
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/1350293X.2026.2671828
dc.identifier.eissn1752-1807
dc.identifier.issn1350-293X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/22327
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Group
dc.relationTransforming Education for Democracy through Aesthetic and Embodied Learning, Responsive Pedagogies and Democracy-as-becoming
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dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectDemocratic pedagogy
dc.subjectteacher professional learning
dc.subjectaesthetic and embodied learning
dc.subjectparticipatory action research
dc.subjectearly childhood pedagogy
dc.titleLearning democracy in early education: aesthetic and embodied pedagogies in teachers’ professional learningeng
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.titleEuropean Early Childhood Education Research Journal
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