Rethinking Early Childhood Education

Rethinking Early Childhood Education is alive with the conviction that teaching young children involves values and vision. This anthology collects inspiring stories about social justice teaching with young children. Included here is outstanding writing from childcare teachers, early-grade public school teachers, scholars, and parents. Early childhood is when we develop our core dispositions the habits of thinking that shape how we live. This book shows how educators can nurture empathy, an ecological consciousness, curiosity, collaboration, and activism in young children. It invites readers to rethink early childhood education, reminding them that it is inseparable from social justice and ecological education.

• Anti-Bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves (Naeyc)
• Roots and Wings: Affirming Culture and Preventing Bias in Early Childhood
• Making sense of theory & practice in early childhood: the power of ideas: The power of ideas
• Learning Stories: Constructing Learner Identities in Early Education
• Home, School, and Community Collaboration: Culturally Responsive Family Engagement
• How to Say It to Seniors: Closing the Communication Gap with Our Elders
• Leading Anti-Bias Early Childhood Programs: A Guide for Change (Early Childhood Education (Teacher's College Pr))
• Learning to Lead, Second Edition: Effective Leadership Skills for Teachers of Young Children (NONE)
• Who Am I in the Lives of Children? An Introduction to Early Childhood Education (11th Edition)
• Another Country: Navigating the Emotional Terrain of Our Elders