“Where do we find the time to do this?” Struggling Against the Tyranny of Time

Authors

  • Sherry Rose University of New Brunswick
  • Pam Whitty University of New Brunswick

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11575/ajer.v56i3.55410

Keywords:

Re-conceptualising time governance, commodification of time, early childhood curriculum, co-construction of curriculum

Abstract

For the past five years, the University of New Brunswick (UNB) Early Childhood Centre, working with childcare educators, has been researching, piloting, and developing curriculum materials and workshops for infants, toddlers, and other children. As we move in and out of university and daycare spaces where “people are not equally located” (Eyre, 2007, p. 99), our work is rifled with contradictions and ethical tensions. Out of this complex and contradictory landscape, we hear and ask many recursive questions. The question we problematize in this article is: Where do we find the time to do this? (Foucault, 1984; Marshall, 2007). Questions such as this incite experiments and interpretations that enliven and invigorate our pedagogical co-authorings in order to reimagine ourselves and our worlds (Olson, 2005). Our critical examination of experimentations and interpretations provoked through three communally produced texts uncovers how educators both slide into and disrupt cultural orientations toward individualism, deficit, and the tyranny of clock time.

Author Biographies

Sherry Rose, University of New Brunswick

Sherry Rose is a doctoral student.

Pam Whitty, University of New Brunswick

Pam Whitty is a professor and Director of the Early Childhood Centre.

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How to Cite

Rose, S., & Whitty, P. (2010). “Where do we find the time to do this?” Struggling Against the Tyranny of Time. Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 56(3). https://doi.org/10.11575/ajer.v56i3.55410