In conversation with Jonathan Silin

Cristyn Davies, Anthony Semann

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Abstract

This special edition focuses on the scholarly work of Dr Jonathan Silin who has made a critical contribution to the field of early childhood education (1995, 1997, 1999a, b, 2003; Silin & Sgouros, 1999; Silin & Lippman, 2003; Silin & Schwartz, 2004).[1] Silin, a Fellow at the Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies at the University of Toronto, has spent his life challenging the ways in which educators have come to understand and develop pedagogies around communicating ‘difficult knowledge’ to children (Silin, 1995; Britzman, 1998; Davies & Robinson, 2010, 2013; Robinson, 2013b). His groundbreaking book, Sex, Death and the Education of Children: Our Passion for Ignorance in the Age of AIDS (1995), changed the way we think, practise, theorise and write about early childhood education. In 2011, Silin was scholar in residence at Semann & Slattery, an Australian-based research and consultancy firm specialising in early education. During his time in Sydney, Silin participated in a symposium which was co-hosted with Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. Academics and educators from a range of disciplines came together to present papers across key themes evident in Silin’s scholarship. The themes taken up by scholars in the special issue include loss, learning and sexualities, and the significance of these issues for early childhood education.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-7
Number of pages7
JournalContemporary Issues in Early Childhood
Volume14
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013

Keywords

  • Silin, Jonathan G.
  • editorials

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