Diversities in Early Childhood Education Rethinking and Doing [Hardcover]

This collection, edited by leaders in the field of early childhood and multicultural education, is a valuable resource for those studying and working with young children. Chapters emphasize the relationship between theory, research, and practice, and provide illustrations of equitable and inclusive practices that move us toward social justice in the critical field of early childhood education. Drawing from the current literature on ability, class, culture, ethnicity, gender, languages, race, and sexual orientation, the book presents a forward-looking account of how diversity could improve the educational experience of children from birth to grade three.

 

 

 

Part I: Introduction

Responding to Multiple Diversities in Early Childhood Education: How Far Have We Come?

Ranita Cheruvu, A. Lin Goodwin, and Celia Genishi

Part II: Rethinking Identities of Children in Transformed Curricular Contexts

On Listening to Child Composers: Beyond Fix its

Anne Haas Dyson

Room to Move: How Kindergarteners Negotiate Literacies and Identities in a Mandated Balanced Literacy Curriculum

Marjorie Siegel and Stephanie Lukas

Learning English in School: Rethinking Curriculum, Relationships, and Time

Susan Stires and Celia Genishi

Teaching Caring: Supporting Social and Emotional Learning in an Inclusive Early Childhood Classroom

Susan L. Recchia

Marginalization, Making Meaning, and Mazes

Susan Grieshaber

Thought-Provoking Moments in Teaching Young Children:Reflections on Social Class, Sexual Orientation and Spirituality

LeslieR. Williams and Nadjwa L. E. Norton

Part III: Rethinkinglƒs