Racialisation in Early Years Education: Black Children's Stories from the Classroom

ISBN-13: 9781138151277 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 138 str.

Gina Houston

Opis

 This timely book explores the unique experiences of young black children during their first year of school and supports an understanding of how entry into the early years environment impacts on identity. The text enables the reader to relate to the reality of black children’s experience and offers suggestions for effective anti-racist practice.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements  Series editors’ preface  Introduction  Chapter One: Critical Race Theory - A tool for understanding the racialisation of black children in education  Chapter Two: Key influences on black children’s identities  Chapter Three: Devon’s Story -‘Best friends’ - The roles of friendships in the challenges to young black identities  Chapter Four: Kylie and Sonic’s Story - ‘Can we play now?’ - Early years pedagogy and black children’s education  Chapter Five: Pina’s Story - A ‘good hair day?’ - Racialisation of the black child through physical appearance  Chapter Six: Dawn’s Story – ‘But that’s not racist!’ - A white perspective on Pina’s story  Chapter Seven: Play and Multiculturalism – Some relevant debates and issues  Chapter Eight: The way forward - Action towards a more inclusive early years education  Chapter Nine: Conclusion  Index

O autorze

Gina Houston has experience working with young black children and their families in England and Jamaica. Since qualifying as a teacher she has been a nursery school head teacher, trainer, early years advisor and children’s centre manager. Working for a national charity, she has also supported practitioners in adopting anti-racist practice and policy across the early years sector.