Diversities in Early Childhood Education

Celia Genishi is Professor of Education at Teachers College, Columbia. A. Lin Goodwin is Professor of Education at Teachers College, Columbia.

"By reading this book, in addition to seeing culturally responsive education taking place in classrooms across the country, readers have the opportunity to learn about policies and programs that honor families and communities as experts, adapting common notions of "best" working with the communities to which children belong to rethink and come to a shared ownership of what best truly means. Through the exploration of diverse studies, the editors and authors invite readers to rethink and do diversity in teaching, policy-making, programming, and educating teachers." -- Teachers College Record, June 27, 2008

• Part I: IntroductionResponding to Multiple Diversities in Early Childhood Education: How Far Have We Come?Ranita Cheruvu, A. Lin Goodwin, and Celia GenishiPart II: Rethinking Identities of Children in Transformed Curricular ContextsOn Listening to Child Composers: Beyond "Fix its"Anne Haas DysonRoom to Move: How Kindergarteners Negotiate Literacies and Identities in a Mandated Balanced Literacy CurriculumMarjorie Siegel and Stephanie LukasLearning English in School: Rethinking Curriculum, Relationships, and TimeSusan Stires and Celia GenishiTeaching Caring: Supporting Social and Emotional Learning in an Inclusive Early Childhood ClassroomSusan L. Recchia Marginalization, Making Meaning, and MazesSusan GrieshaberThought-Provoking Moments in Teaching Young Children:Reflections on Social Class, Sexual Orientation and SpiritualityLeslieR. Williams and Nadjwa L. E. NortonPart III: Rethinking Policies and ProgramsDigital Literacies for Young English Learners: Productive Pathways toward Equity and Robust LearningAlthea Scott Nixon and Kris D. GutiérrezListening to the Voices of Immigrant ParentsJennifer Adair and Joseph TobinKeiki Steps: Equity Issues in a Parent-Participation Preschool Program for Native Hawaiian ChildrenMarci Wai‘ale‘ale Sarsona, Sherlyn Goo, Alice Kawakami, and Kathryn AuCatching up with Globalization: One State’s Experience of Reforming Teacher Education in the 21st CenturySharon Ryan and Carrie LobmanPart IV: Rethinking Teacher Education and Professional DevelopmentTalk about Children: Developing A Living Curriculum of Advocacy and Social Justice Beatrice S. FennimoreDisrupting the taken-for-granted: Autobiographical analysis in preservice teacher educationA. Lin Goodwin & Michele Genor Community College Students’ Talk about Play and Early Childhood Teacher Education for Social JusticeRachel Theilheimer Envisioning and Supporting the Play of Preschoolers: What the Frame Does to the PictureRebekah Fassler and Dorothy LevinGoing Beyond Our Own Worlds: A First Step in Envisioning Equitable PracticeSusi Long, Clavis Anderson, Melanie Clark, & Becky McCrawPart V: ConclusionDiversities Across Early Childhood Settings: Contesting Identities and Transforming CurriculaCelia Genishi and A. Lin Goodwin