Diversities in Early Childhood Education ─ Rethinking and Doing

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.

Celia Genishi is Professor of Education at Teachers College, Columbia.

A. Lin Goodwin is Professor of Education at Teachers College, Columbia.

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: Rethinking Policies and Programs

Digital Literacies for Young English Learners: Productive Pathways toward Equity and Robust Learning
Althea Scott Nixon and Kris D. Gutiérrez

Listening to the Voices of Immigrant Parents
Jennifer Adair and Joseph Tobin

Keiki Steps: Equity Issues in a Parent-Participation Preschool Program for Native Hawaiian Children
Marci Wai‘ale‘ale Sarsona, Sherlyn Goo, Alice Kawakami, and Kathryn Au

Catching up with Globalization: One State’s Experience of Reforming Teacher Education in the 21st Century
Sharon Ryan and Carrie Lobman

Part IV: Rethinking Teacher Education and Professional Development

Talk about Children: Developing A Living Curriculum of Advocacy and Social Justice Beatrice S. Fennimore

Disrupting the taken-for-granted: Autobiographical analysis in preservice teacher education
A. Lin Goodwin & Michele Genor

Community College Students’ Talk about Play and Early Childhood Teacher Education for Social Justice
Rachel Theilheimer

Envisioning and Supporting the Play of Preschoolers: What the Frame Does to the Picture
Rebekah Fassler and Dorothy Levin

Going Beyond Our Own Worlds: A First Step in Envisioning Equitable Practice
Susi Long, Clavis Anderson, Melanie Clark, & Becky McCraw

Part V: Conclusion

Diversities Across Early Childhood Settings: Contesting Identities and Transforming CurriculaCelia Genishi and A. Lin Goodwin