ERIC Number: EJ1305546
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Sep
Pages: 17
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Responding to Difference: Enacting Inclusive Early Childhood Education through the Social-Relations Approach
Morgan, Chelsea W.; Du, Karina; Friesen, Amber
Young Exceptional Children, v24 n3 p170-186 Sep 2021
The preschool years are fundamental for children's social development as they navigate novel and complex social situations, which include interaction sequences and relationship features. As young children notice aspects of human difference, they develop schemas by classifying and situating attributes (e.g., skin color, hair type, communication abilities, physical abilities) in relation to each other (e.g., same/different, abled/disabled, Black/White), which serve as their working understandings of the world. Correspondingly, early educators influence how children acquire, negotiate, and develop ideas about difference based on the prompts, responses, opportunities, and materials they provide. The purpose of this article is to reconceptualize inclusive early childhood education by providing early educators with a framework to foster aspects of inclusive early childhood education in their classrooms.
Descriptors: Child Development, Preschool Children, Social Development, Interaction, Inclusion, Preschool Teachers, Student Diversity, Teacher Role, Social Justice, Students with Disabilities, Peer Relationship, Educational Practices, Equal Education, Perspective Taking, Teaching Methods, Interpersonal Communication, Augmentative and Alternative Communication
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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