ERIC Number: EJ1334847
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Jun
Pages: 17
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"Children Have the Fairest Things to Say": Young Children's Engagement with Anti-Bias Picture Books
Early Childhood Education Journal, v50 n5 p743-759 Jun 2022
This qualitative case study investigated how an early childhood teacher and young children in a public White-predominant kindergarten classroom engaged in critical discussions of anti-bias issues including racism, White privilege, gender stereotypes, gender nonconformity, sexism, and homophobia. Through the use of interactive read-alouds using anti-bias picture books, the study's findings revealed that (a) the children could participate in thoughtful interactions during anti-bias read-aloud sessions and showed their complex understanding of race and gender issues; (b) the children needed substantial support to engage in activism against social injustices; (c) the children displayed a variety of responses to the discussion questions and activities related to gender-themed picture books as most children had difficulties resisting gender binary conceptions and stereotypes while some children, especially boys, were strongly empowered to embrace gender-nonconforming practices; and finally (d) some children internalized and enacted anti-immigrant, anti-Blackness, and racial/gender discriminatory actions to which the early childhood teacher often failed to either disrupt or intervene.
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Young Children, White Students, Early Childhood Teachers, Racial Bias, Sex Stereotypes, Sexual Identity, Gender Bias, Homosexuality, Social Bias, Picture Books, Classroom Communication, Activism, Social Justice, Reading Aloud to Others
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education
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Language: English
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