Cultural Diversity and Inclusion in Early Years Education reveals how cultural diversity can be celebrated in every early years setting. Acknowledging the impact of culture on a child’s development and identity, the book demonstrates the need for practitioners to appreciate cultural difference, value diversity and ensure inclusive practices. Alongside comprehensive discussion of current and historical policy relating to multiculturalism and relevant sociocultural theory, the book provides practical guidance and resources to support practitioners in responding to the challenges of working with families and children from diverse cultural backgrounds. Chapters focus on topics such as: policy and the role of the practitioner sociocultural theories relating to child development building working relationships with families the impact of culture on a child's identity enabling environments and inclusive strategies. Including case studies, reflective questions and suggestions for further reading and research, this essential book will help early years practitioners and students to embrace the varied cultural heritages of the children in their care.
This guide outlines best practice and key research findings on how to create a truly inclusive setting, covering all aspects of equality and diversity.
Covering a wide range of concepts and taking a broader perspective of what inclusion entail, this book offers an overview of current research, policy and practice in diversity and inclusion in the early years.
Supporting professionals to promote diversity and inclusion in early years settings, this book promotes awareness and understanding of the needs of children and families from diverse backgrounds, and provides the steps that practitioners ...
With an optimistic outlook, and focusing on the advantages for learning that cultural diversity can offer, the book discusses the concepts of culture, multi-culturalism and inter-cultural competence, and describes the principles that ...
This book describes both how structural inequities deeply embedded in US society have a negative impact on children's development and learning and how educators who have a strong understanding of how children's development and learning ...
In this book the contributors reflect on the issues they have encountered in their programs related to diversity.
This makes responses to multiculturalism there relevant to us, although a full appreciation of the ideas outlined below would require a more detailed explanation of the Spanish context than is possible here.
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This insightful text shows how the attitudes of adults in early years settings can influence practice.
This collection is aimed at practitioners and scholars interested in democracy, social justice and diversity.