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What does it mean to be a socially just early childhood educator in a…
What does it mean to be a socially just early childhood educator in a socially unjust world?
Partnerships
Two-Generation Framework (Lombardi)
Democratic Practice (Moss)
"Opportunities for all citizens, younger and older, to participate—be they children or parents, practitioners or politicians, or indeed any other local citizen." (Moss)
Become partners with younger human beings, their families, and their communities in establishing goals for action that include recognition, decolonization, the struggle for justice, and the creation of caring communities in which all are justly perceived (Canella)
“Democracy at many levels” (Moss)
“insists that we consider the full complexity and socio-cultural contexts of children’s lives, outside as well as within the classroom; and necessitates the inclusion of diverse points of view as represented by families, community members –and each other.” (New)
Funds of knowledge (yosso)
SES & ECE (Lombardi)
Teacher-Parent Relationships (Smith)
Valuing Diversity
Know how to draw on students’ culture as a basis for learning, capitalizing on students’ prior knowledge, and seeing their culture not as an impediment to learning but rather as the means through which students can learn “the official knowledge and skills of the school community” (Chen)
Conditions for Democracy (Moss)
Respect for Diversity (Moss)
Intersectionality (Oluo)
Understanding queer theory (Blaise)
Recognition of multiple perspectives and diverse paradigms (Moss)
Cultural appreciation (oluo)
Linguistic capital (yosso)
welcoming curiosity, uncertainty and subjectivity (Moss)
Looking past global majority (Souto-Manning)
Cultural differences (Yosso)
Critical thinking (Moss)
Not having deficit thinking (yosso)
Anti-bias/Anti-Racist Education
CRT
The challenge to dominant ideology (Yosso)
The commitment to social justice (Yosso)
Works toward the elimination of racism, sexism and poverty, as well as the empowerment of People of Color and other subordinated groups. (Yosso)
Anti Bias Goals (Chen)
To promote comfortable, empathetic interactions with people from diverse backgrounds (Chen)
To foster each child’s ability to critically think about bias and injustice (Chen)
To cultivate each child’s ability to stand up for herself or himself, and for others, in the face of bias and injustice (Chen)
To nurture the construction of a knowledgeable, confident identity as an individual and as a member of multiple cultural groups (Chen)
Engage in conversation with children surrounding ideas of race and diversity (Oluo)
“Advocacy for children’s creative and critical thinking as well as their academic achievements" (New)
Raising Self Awareness
Self Study (Chen)
Learn to interrogate the social, cultural, linguistic, and power context in which our belief structures and educational practices have been constructed (Canella)
Facing who we are involves being in tune with our own strengths and limitations (Chen)
We must construct our own view of social justice, our own ways of hearing other human beings, and our own critical dispositions. (Canella)
Need to develop a strong understanding of our own biases, identity, and cultural beliefs because they influence what we choose to ignore or act on (Chen)
Recognize privileges (Oluo)
Module 1 Readings
Module 2 Readings
Module 3 Readings
Module 4 Readings
Main Branches
Oluo, I. Reading