ABSTRACT

This article considers the different ways in which the lamination machine influences early childhood practice. By using Jane Bennett’s notion of ‘thing-power’, we focus on how preschool teachers and preschool teacher-students use a lamination machine and why they use it. We claim that both the process of lamination and the machine have a great impact on pedagogical practices by giving power to the teachers’ choices and priorities. The article contributes to the discussion on how technology and materiality become a vital part of the everyday lives of both teachers and children in kindergartens and prompts a need to highlight the use of technology in early childhood education.

摘要

本文考虑了层压机影响幼儿实践的不同方式。通过使用 Jane Bennett 的“物力”概念，我们关注学前教师和学前教师-学生如何使用层压机以及他们使用它的原因。我们声称层压过程和机器都通过赋予教师选择和优先事项权力来对教学实践产生重大影响。这篇文章有助于讨论技术和物质如何成为幼儿园教师和儿童日常生活的重要组成部分，并提示需要强调技术在幼儿教育中的使用。