Talking with Children

Amelia Church is a Senior Lecturer in the Melbourne Graduate School of Education at the University of Melbourne and her research in early childhood education focuses on the quality of child-teacher interactions. Her books include Preference Organization and Peer Disputes (2009) and Children's Knowledge-in-Interaction (co-edited with Bateman, 2017). Amanda Bateman is Associate Professor in Waikato University School of Education. Amanda's research explores various aspects of early childhood education using a conversation analysis approach. Her books include Conversation Analysis and Early Childhood Education (2015), Children's Knowledge-in-Interaction (co-edited with Church, 2017) and Children and Mental Health Talk (co-edited, 2020).

Introduction Amelia Church and Amanda Bateman; 1. Conversation analysis for early childhood teachers Amelia Church, Amanda Bateman and Susan Danby; 2. Sequences Mardi Kidwell; 3. Participation Amanda Bateman; 4. Embodiment Friederike Kern; 5. Emotion Asta Cekaite; 6. Socialisation Matthew Burdelski; 7. Epistemics Ilana Mushin and Rod Gardner; 8. Literacy Marjolein I. Deunk, Myrte N. Gosen, Frans Hiddink, and Jan Berenst; 9. Storytelling Anna Filipi; 10. Digital technologies Sandy Houen and Susan Danby; 11. Mathematics Caroline Cohrssen; 12. Creativity Christine Lee; 13. Multilingualism Jakob Cromdal and Kirsten Stoewer; 14. Belonging Polly Björk-Willén; 15. Play Annukka Pursia; 16. Mental health and wellbeing Michelle O'Reilly and Jessica Nina Lester; 17. Neurodiversity Laura Sterponi and Betty Yu; 18. Friendships Maryanne Theobald; 19. Conflict Amelia Church and Ekaterina Moore; 20. Morality Ann-Carita Evaldsson and Magnus Karlsson; 21. Families Akira Takada.