Against Race- and Class-Based Pedagogy in Early Childhood Education

Stephanie C. Smith is Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.

"In descriptive style, Smith uses direct classroom observations to bring to life some of the mechanisms by which the less visible curricula of a progressive approach can be successfully implemented with low-income minority children. This timely book revives still-relevant questions, while echoing findings of curriculum comparison studies of the 1960s and 1970s that demonstrated the effectiveness of using child-initiated, non-didactic approaches in high-poverty preschool settings. A must-read catalyst for expanding this important and unfinished conversation." - Kristen Kemple, Professor of Early Childhood Studies, University of Florida, USA

• PART I: LEGACIES OF RACE AND CLASS BASED PEDAGOGIES IN EARLY CHILDHOOD 1. A Look inside Two Chicago Preschools 2. Early Childhood Policy and Practice 3. Urban Early Childhood PART II: INSIDE OF CLASSROOMS, INSIDE OF PEDAGOGY 4. Classroom Teaching 5. The Development Of The Whole Child 6. Classroom Management 7. Roles of Teachers and Language Codes 8. Field Trips and Demonstrating Internalization 9. Engaging Parents PART III: DIFFERING PEDAGOGIES, DIFFERING OUTCOMES 10. Pedagogical Differences and Child Outcomes 11. Against Race- and Class- Based Teach in Early Childhood Education