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Børneperspektiver og resonans

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to discuss the pedagogical work with children's perspectives based on the concept of resonance. The article is based on an analysis of a teaching activity in a Danish national church organized by a national church school service aimed at children in primary school. The teaching in the church seeks to create a relationship between the children's world of experience and the soundscape "The Stone" as well as activities that the adults have organized. On the one hand, the adults create a controlled and controllable framework for the teaching with soundscapes and activities, where the children are expected to act in certain ways, but on the other hand, children's perspectives are expressed in the children's uncontrollable experiences of something or someone talking to them, and that they can respond based on their perspectives on and experiences of the world. With resonance, we can see the importance of the uncontrollable in the pedagogical work with children's perspectives and nuance the creation of space for children's perspectives – here based on teaching activities in the church.