Early Childhood Identity

Construction, Culture, and the Self

Rita Chen (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

202 Seiten

2009 | New edition
Peter Lang Publishing Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4331-0161-8 (ISBN)

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Using information gathered from a combined first and second grade classroom over two years, this book explores the students’ routine actions in school, including their views about different literacy activities, their favorite part of school life, peer culture in both the boys’ and the girls’ worlds, issues of gender power, the integration of the teacher’s official discourses and the children’s unofficial culture, and the kind of school life children wish to have. Focusing on children’s voices and perceptions, this book provides insight that will help educators preserve an accurate view of school culture and create effective policies in education. The book’s interdisciplinary approach extensively applies theories and perspectives from educational philosophy, educational anthropology, sociology, post-structuralist theories, narratives, semiotics, literacy education, cultural studies, and critical ethnography. Through these disciplines, the book provides many critical perspectives on early childhood literacy education, classroom culture, and identity construction for educators to incorporate into curriculum design and to reflect on the potential consequences resulting from instructional decisions.

The Author: Rita Chen is Assistant Professor at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Dr. Chen graduated from Indiana University-Bloomington. Her teaching experience and research include second language education in K-6, early childhood literacy, critical literacy, and teacher education. She has a number of publications in process addressing children’s identity construction and literacy learning.

Reihe/Serie	Rethinking Childhood ; 35
Reihe/Serie	Rethinking Childhood ; 35
Mitarbeit	Herausgeber (Serie): Gaile S. Cannella, Joe L. Kincheloe
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 230 mm
Gewicht	300 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Grundschule
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Sekundarstufe I+II
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Vorschulpädagogik
ISBN-10	1-4331-0161-0 / 1433101610
ISBN-13	978-1-4331-0161-8 / 9781433101618
Zustand	Neuware