‘The terrible twos’: Gaining control in the nursery?

Gallacher, Lesley (2005) ‘The terrible twos’: Gaining control in the nursery? Children's Geographies, 3 (2). pp. 243-264. ISSN 1473-3285

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Abstract

'The terrible twos' are often described as a time of 'gaining control', usually thought of as adults asserting control over children, who learn to control themselves. However, toddlerhood is as much about children learning to take control for themselves. This paper is an attempt to detail something of the social geography in the toddler room of a Scottish nursery, considering both styles of adult control and the ways in which toddlers attempt to appropriate and reconfigure space and time for themselves. That is, the ways in which space and time are negotiated in the course of day-to-day nursery life.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	early childhood, toddlers, childcare, control, space
Subjects:	L700 Human and Social Geography
Department:	Faculties > Health and Life Sciences > Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing
Depositing User:	Lesley Gallacher
Date Deposited:	17 Jun 2014 07:55
Last Modified:	18 Dec 2020 13:09
URI:	http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/16598

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