Slow Pedagogies in the Early Years - A Conversation with Prof. Alison Clark

Alison Clark is an Professor of Early Childhood Education and
visual artist. She is an Honorary Senior Research
Fellow at Thomas Coram Research Unit, UCL Institute of
Education, London, UK. Her main academic work is currently in
Norway where she is Professor of Early Childhood
Education at the University of South-Eastern Norway (USN).
 


Since 1999, Alison has been interested in the theoretical,
methodological and ethical aspects of young children’s
co-construction of knowledge using visual, participatory methods.
This research theme has centred on the development and adaptation
of the Mosaic approach with her colleague Professor
Peter Moss - a multimethod qualitative research approach for
working with participant perspectives that has contributed to a
‘listening to young children discourse’ in the UK and
internationally.


Cross-national collaboration and exchange is central to Alison's
work. She co-founded the Special Interest Group on Children’s
Perspectives, as part of the European Early Childhood Education
Research Association in 2004 (with Professor Deborah Harcourt).
She has also contributed to the exhibition Remembrance of
Swings Past - a collaboration between the University of
South-Eastern Norway, early childhood centres in the municipality
of Horten, and Preus Museum, the National Photography Museum of
Norway.


Alison's recent two year research study, Slow knowledge and the
Unhurried Child was funded by the Froebel Trust and published in
2022 by Routledge as the book Slow Knowledge and the
Unhurried Child: Time for Slow Pedagogies in Early Childhood
Education.


Alison's Blog: Slow
Knowledge https://alisonclarkinthemaking.wordpress.com


Alison's artist website: http://www.alisonclark.co.uk





Social Links


LinkedIn: @professor-alison-clark


Twitter: @WestrayAlison


Email: alison.clark@ucl.ac.uk