Author Maria Beteta describes how an innocent question became an opportunity to explore powerful concepts such as identity, culture, self-perception, differences, and similarities that connect us all.
In this article, we share how reading experiences served as jumping off points for exploring how disability representation in children’s literature can be incorporated as an essential component of teacher preparation and children’s literacy learning.
To empower our children to embrace their own identities and the diversity around them, we need to first engage in identity-affirming, self-reflective practices ourselves.
Feelings of being an imposter, along with the delicately woven systems of oppression that exist in schools, often stop educators from sharing their true identities.
The authors in this collection examine their own identities by looking at their histories; reflecting on how their identities that arise from group memberships influence their teaching.
Authored by
Authored by:
Barbara Henderson, Isauro M. Escamilla, Megina Baker, Amanda Branscombe, Maleka Donaldson, Debra Murphy, Andrew J. Stremmel
Scholar Amanda LaTasha Armstrong discusses ways that educators can ensure the children and families in their settings see themselves represented in technology and media.
Without a doubt, the legacy of Fred Rogers is an exemplary part of the heritage of the early childhood field, especially in the areas of child development, social and emotional domains, and the thoughtful creation and integration of technology and media.
