Full Description
Diversity in the Early Years examines young children in global contexts and the affordances of intercultural approaches to diversity and inclusion in early childhood education. This book provides a starting point for developing intercultural understandings, based on respect for diversity and interdependency in the everyday experience. A thread running through the book is the imperative for childrens rights to participation, provision and protection in the face of exponential global change.
Each chapter draws upon empirical evidence from research and/or from pedagogical practice that sheds light on intercultural issues in the field of early childhood. These issues include framing intercultural practices in early childhood teacher education; international agendas in early childhood teacher education; and preparing early childhood teachers for global contexts.
Contents
PART 1: Young Children Engaged in Intercultural Learning1 Young Children in Global Contexts: Diversities and Intercultural Possibilities in the Early YearsAnn Farrell and Ingrid Pramling Samuelsson2 Linguistic Diversity in Early Childhood Education: Teaching and Learning for Social and Cultural SustainabilityAnne Kultti and Niklas Pramling3 Embracing Diversity in Childhood Studies: Methodological and Practical ConsiderationsJohanna Einarsdottir and Snaefridur Thora EgilsonPART 2: Adults Engaged in Intercultural Learning4 Playing with Diversity: Learning Stories in Early ChildhoodLinda Mitchell and Amanda Bateman5 Intercultural Teacher Education: Elementary Teacher Educators' Perspectives of the Role of Gender in Leadership in Papua New GuineaLaura Scholes, Jo Lunn Brownlee, Julie Davis and Ann Farrell6 Indigenous Children, Families and Early Years Education in Australia and Canada Nereda White and Jackie Ottmann7 Challenges and Rewards in Working with Displaced Children and Families: Early Childhood Practitioner Strategies for Engaging with Linguistic and Ethnic DiversityAnna Kirova8 Children's Rights to Participation in Two Cultures: Guatemala Maya and Scandinavian Parent Views of Young ChildrenIngrid Pramling Samuelsson, Dion Sommer and Monica Berger GonzalezPART 3: Challenges and Implications9 Rethinking Culture and Diversity in Early Childhood Preservice Teacher Education: Teaching and Learning through an Interdisciplinary Lens Julie Davis, Lyndal O'Gorman, Megan Gibson, Lindy Osborne and Jill Franz10 Intercultural Early Childhood Teacher Education: Diversity and Inclusion in Global and Local Contexts Ann Farrell and Ingrid Pramling Samuelsson11 Prologue-Where to Now? Niklas PramlingIndex
