Keeping Up With the Times - Diversity and Inclusion in Early Childhood Teacher Education Programs

In this book the contributors reflect on the issues they have encountered in their programs related to diversity.

List of contents

Preface: Mari Riojas-Cortez
Foreword: Bekisizwe Ndimande
Introduction: Mari Riojas-Cortez
Chapter 1: Preparing Early Childhood Teachers for the Importance of Seeing Color in Children: Bloom's Taxonomy as a Guide by Kimberly Davidson, Flora Farago, and Terry Husband
Chapter 2: Addressing lgbtq+ Issues with Preservice Teachers in Conservative Spaces by Kenya E. Wolff and Janice Kroeger
Chapter 3: Ready for our Immigrant Children: Preparing Early Childhood Educators to Work with Immigrant Children and their Families by Wilma Robles-Melendez
Chapter 4: Religion in Early Childhood: Guidelines for Preservice Teachers by Ruth Vilà Baños, Montserrat Freixa Niella, Assumpta Aneas, and Angelina Sánchez Martí
References
About the Author and Contributors

About the author

Mari Riojas-Cortez, Ph.D. is Professor and Program Chair of Early Childhood. As an educational researcher, Dr. Riojas-Cortez examines Latino issues in early childhood including family engagement, children's play and early childhood teacher preparation.

Product details

• Authors: Mari Riojas-Cortez
• Assisted by: Mari Riojas-Cortez (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.05.2021
• EAN: 9781475853582
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-5358-2
• No. of pages: 110
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Kindergarten and pre-school education; EDUCATION / Inclusive Education, Educational strategies & policy, Teaching skills & techniques, Early childhood care & education, Pre-school & kindergarten, Inclusive education / mainstreaming, Educational strategies & policy: Inclusion, EDUCATION / Teaching / General, Immigration;LGBTQ;Preservice teachers;Race;Religion