Overview
Carefully curated from the pages of the award-winning journal, Young Children, these articles address one of the most important issues facing early childhood education and provide teachers with insight needed to navigate this complicated landscape. This collection of 13 articles, provides expert guidance on how to advance equity and diversity in the classroom. Tied to the forthcoming NAEYC new position statement on equity and diversity, this book includes practical ways teachers can advance equity as they plan learning experiences. Spotlight on Young Children: Equity and Diversity provides tools and guidance educators can use to recognize implicit bias and learn how to develop strategies that create equitable learning opportunities for all children. This title is one of many in the Spotlight on Young Children series, which provides in-depth research on the critical topics in early childhood education.
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Author: Cristina Gillanders , Rossella Procopio
Publisher: National Association for the Education of Young Children
Imprint: National Association for the Education of Young Children
Dimensions:
Width: 21.20cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 26.60cm
Weight: 0.333kg
ISBN: 9781938113413
ISBN 10: 1938113411
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 30 May 2019
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Table of Contents
Introduction/Cristina Gillanders “The Gifts of the Stranger: Learning From Others’ Differences”/S. Bernheimer & E. Jones “Moving Beyond Anti-Bias Activities”/L.P. Kuh, D. LeeKeenan, H. Given, & M.R. Beneke +Sidebar: Text except from Anti-Biased Education for Young Children and Ourselves highlighting the four core goals of anti-bias education/L. Derman-Sparks & J.O. Edwards “Capitalizing on Culture: Engaging Young Learners in Diverse Classrooms”/T.C. Howard +Sidebar: “A Reason for Hope: Building Teachers’ Cultural Capital”/ M. Sykes “Addressing the African American Achievement Gap: Three Leading Educators Issue a Call to Action”/B.T. Bowman, JP. Comer, & D.J. Johns “Voices of Immigrant Parents in Preschool Settings”/J.K. Adair & A. Barraza +Sidebar: Text excerpt from “Collaborating With Refugee Resettlement Organizations: Providing a Head Start to Young Refugees”/L. Morland & T. Levine +Sidebar: Text excerpt from “Teaching Young Children From Immigrant and Diverse Families”/M. Souto-Manning “Reading Books, Writing Books: Reading and Writing Come Together in a Dual Language Classroom”/P. Pilonieta, P.L. Shue, & B.T. Kissel “Becoming Upended: Teaching and Learning about Race and Racism with Young Children and Their Families”/K. Cole & D. Verwayne +Sidebar: Text excerpt from “Reading Your Way to a Culturally Responsive Classroom”/S.B. Wanless & P.A. Crawford “Supporting Gay and Lesbian Families in the Early Childhood Classroom”/ A.P. Peixoto da Silva “Developing Biliteracy With International Support: Using Interactive World Walls and Paired Learning”/I. Alanís, I. Salinas-Gonzalez, & María G. Arreguín-Anderson +Sidebar: text excerpt from “The Brain Science of Bilingualism”/N.F. Ramirez & P. Kuhl “Tate and the Pink Coat: Exploring Gender and Enacting Anti-Bias Principles in Practice”/J. Kroeger, A. Recker, & A. Gunn “Building a More Inclusive Sandbox: Inviting New Collaborators to Support Children, Families, and Early Learning”/T. DosRemedios “Research to Practice: New Research on Helping Young Children Develop Positive Racial Identities”/I.E. Murray & A. Alvarez
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Cristina Gillanders, PhD, is Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education at University of Colorado Denver. She has been involved in the field of early childhood for more than 20 years as a bilingual early childhood teacher, director of an early childhood program, teacher educator, and researcher. Her expertise is centered on young Latino emergent literacy, bilingualism, early childhood teaching practices for Latino dual language learners, and minority parents' beliefs and practices related to young children's learning and development. Rossella Procopio is an editor in Books and Related Resources at NAEYC.
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