Includes bibliographical references and index.

Vivid life and learning : rendering thorough illustrations rather than chopping human stories to bits / Will Parnell and Jeanne Marie Iorio -- Crisis, empowerment and learning in early childhood : deepening meaning through arts-based research and action research / Will Parnell and Jeanne Marie Iorio -- I have a voice. I have a story : the artistic practice of practitioner research / Heather J. Pinedo-Burns and Dana Frantz Bentley -- Reggio's Arpeggio : becoming pedagogical through autoethnography / Peter Gouzouasis & Matthew Yanko -- Aesthetic experiences with young children in Hong Kong / Carrie Ka Lee Ho -- Reimagining narratives of place : respectfully centring aboriginal perspectives in early childhood education / Catherine Hamm -- Ocean swimmers : re-envisaging relationality in maps, an early childhood arts research project / David Lines, John Roder and Chris Naughton -- Collaborative landscapes within Deleuze/Guattarian affect and assemblage : aesthetic notions of place explored by preschool immigrant teachers, parents and children / Patti Pente, Christine Massing, Anna Kirova -- Listening to the voices of children learning English as a foreign language: implications for early childhood English language teachers / Ming-Fang Hsieh -- Rhizomes and intra-activity with materials: ways of disrupting and reimagining early literacy research, teaching, and learning / Candace R. Kuby -- Multifaceted storying among children and preservice teacher bricoleurs : ways to gather and care / Elizabeth P. Quintero.

"Meaning Making in Early Childhood Research critically interrogates the traditional foundations of early childhood research practices to disrupt the status quo through imaginative, cutting-edge research in diverse U.S. and international contexts. Its chapters are driven by empirical data derived from unique research projects and a variety of contemporary methodologies that include phenomenological studies, auto-ethnographic writings, action-oriented studies, arts-based methodologies, and other innovative approaches. This volume explores the meanings of actionable and everyday approaches based on the experiences of young children, their families, and educators" --.