ERIC Number: EJ1438471
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Oct
Pages: 31
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0042-0859
EISSN: EISSN-1552-8340
Reflecting, Representing, and Expanding the Narrative(s) in Early Childhood Curriculum
Urban Education, v59 n8 p2269-2299 2024
In this manuscript, we recognize that young children learn stories that propagate white supremacist narratives through selective traditions of early childhood curriculum. The role of early childhood teachers, therefore, is to critically examine curriculum for biases, omissions, and distortions, as well as to rewrite curriculum to tell accurate stories and disrupt what Viet Thanh Nguyen refers to as "narrative scarcity". Through a qualitative study of pre-service teachers' (PSTs) re-imaginings and revisions of early childhood structures, processes, and texts, we highlight the moves that teachers made to rectify, represent and expand narratives related to communities of Color.
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Race, Racism, Instructional Materials, Curriculum Development, Urban Education, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Maintenance, Preservice Teachers, Textbook Bias
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New York (New York)
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