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This timely book will help early care and education teachers, leaders, administrators, coaches, and staff deliver on the promise of high-quality education for all children. The authors provide inspiration, practical tools, and resources through the culturally responsive, anti-bias, anti-racist (CRABAR) framework. This teacher-friendly text shows how to engage in self-inquiry and evaluate current classroom practices while embedding new ones that advance the learning and well-being of children, especially those from minoritized and poor communities. Readers will find tools and assessments to support the implementation of culturally grounded practices that will improve outcomes for diverse children in early childhood settings and systems. This book connects history to current events, supports self-inquiry, encourages a shift in mindset and, most importantly, offers guidance for creating affirming and joyful spaces for young children to learn. Book Features: Presents a problem and asks readers to discuss how they would resolve it. ""Educators' Corner"" encourages teachers to think about how they are a product of the beliefs, values, and social-political history of their cultural group. ""Now What?"" sections help teachers to problem-solve how they might react during difficult situations.

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Author:   Iheoma U. Iruka ,  Tonia R. Durden ,  Kerry-Ann Escayg ,  Stephanie M. Curenton
Publisher:   Teachers' College Press
Imprint:   Teachers' College Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.238kg
ISBN:  

9780807768020

ISBN 10:   0807768022
Pages:   168
Publication Date:   23 June 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Contents Acknowledgments  vii Introduction  1 How to Use This Book  2 1.  Racism’s Past, Present, and Future  3 What Is Racism?  3 The Effects of Racism in the United States  11 An Intersectionality Lens  18 Now What?  21 2.  Connecting Culturally Responsive, Anti-Bias, and Anti-Racist (CRABAR) Practices  23 Anti-Racism and Anti-Bias  24 Terminology Matters: Defining Bias and Racism  25 Racism in Early Childhood Education  26 Introducing the CRABAR Framework  27 Now What?  38 3.  Creating CRABAR Learning Environments  41 Spaces for Belonging: Model Learning Environments  42 The Classroom Environment: A Review  43 Reflection on Afrocentric Classroom Environments  44 Prepare to Develop Anti-Racist Classroom Environments  45 Now What?  58 4.  Developing a CRABAR Assessment View  61 Purposes of Assessment  62 Using a CRABAR Lens for Assessment of Classroom Quality  68 Emerging CRABAR Assessments  75 Now What?  79 How Assessments Should be Used  81 5.  Valuing the Early Childhood Workforce to Sustain CRABAR Practices  83 The Vast Role and Limited Compensation for ECE Professionals  84 Low and Inequitable Wages for ECE Professionals Explained by Legacy of Racism and Sexism  85 Now What?  97 6.  Using the RICHER Approach to Elevate the CRABAR Practices  99 Deference to Whiteness in ECE Settings  101 The RICHER Framework  103 Now What?  116 Conclusion  121 Resources  123 References  125 Index  143 About the Authors  155 Land Acknowledgement  155 Body Acknowledgment  157

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Iheoma U. Iruka is a research professor in public policy and the founding director of the Equity Research Action Coalition at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Tonia R. Durden is a clinical professor and birth through five program coordinator in the Department of Early Childhood and Elementary Education at Georgia State University. Kerry-Ann Escayg is an associate professor of teacher education at the University of Nebraska–Omaha. Stephanie M. Curenton is a professor and director of the Center on the Ecology of Early Development program at Boston University.

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