%0 Journal Article
%T The meanings of belonging: Revisiting the theory of ¡®belonging, being and becoming¡¯ in the Australian Early Years Learning Framework
%A Chris Peers
%J Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood
%@ 1463-9491
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1463949118779398
%X The theory of belonging as it arises in the theme of the Australian Early Years Learning Framework suggests a complex arrangement of philosophical concepts, which deserve rigorous explication and interrogation. In this article, the author draws out some of the most pertinent implications of ¡®belonging¡¯ for the theory of early learning in Australia. In particular, the author addresses the risks associated with simplifying the term as a kind of knowledge that arises through social experience, without a meticulous explanation of what is meant by the ¡®social¡¯. The author also unpacks the possibilities surrounding ¡®belonging¡¯ if it is possible to think it outside vernacular definitions of property, with which the idea of belonging may easily be conflated. The aim is to provide a preliminary outline of philosophical approaches to ¡®belonging¡¯ to demonstrate that the Early Years Learning Framework may provide an important platform through which to think a new range of issues arising from the task of educating young children in Australia
%K Being
%K belonging
%K ontology
%K philosophy
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1463949118779398