Introducing Critical Childhood Perspectives: Reconceptualist Thought, Diversity, and Social Justice Expectations

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-1-9755-0086-3
Verlag: MYERS EDUCATION PR

Buch, Englisch, Band 2, 200 Seiten, Hardback

Reihe: Early Years and Youth Studies

As part of the larger education movement that attempted to work toward justice and equity beginning in the 1980s, some scholars in early childhood education and care have engaged in work that challenges universal constructions of “child.” This scholarship and the practices associated with it are labeled reconceptualist/critical and place at the forefront concern for diversity; improving conditions for those who have been traditionally marginalized; increased equity and respect for multiplicity; and an understanding of power structures and impositions that generate harm and privilege. The purpose of this volume is to explore those issues as first addressed by educator researchers in the field of early childhood education and care in a manner that is accessible to those new to the field. Each chapter provides a thorough discussion of one of the earliest forms of scholarship that addresses: cultural and life diversity; challenges to monocultural science; dominant narratives in the field; linguistically marginalized children; adult power; problematizing deficit models; responding to children; rejecting universalist construction; and creating new possibilities for those have been labeled “children”. Further, the book provides annotated bibliographies that glimpse into the shifting landscape for childhood education and care.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sullivan, Ashley Lauren

Cannella, Gaile S.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Kindergarten & Vorschule

Über Autor(innen)

Ashley Lauren Sullivan is an Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education at Penn State Erie, the Behrend College. She currently teaches courses about play, parental involvement, issues in American education, gender and sexuality, and education theory.

Gaile S. Cannella is an independent scholar who has served as a tenured Full Professor at Texas A&M University, College Station and at Arizona State University, Tempe, as well as the Velma Schmidt Endowed Chair of Education at the University of North Texas. Her work has appeared in a range of journals and volumes, including Qualitative Inquiry, Cultural Studies - Critical Methodologies, and International Review of Qualitative Research. Her most recent books are: Critical Qualitative Research Reader (2012) with Shirley Steinberg; Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Care and Education with Marianne Bloch and Beth Swadener; Critical Qualitative Inquiry: Foundations and Futures with Michelle Pérez and Penny Pasque; and Critical Examinations of Quality in Childhood Education and Care with Michelle Pérez and I-Fang Lee.