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

Palgrave Macmillan

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Urban Education (PSUE)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Legacies of Race- and Class-Based Pedagogies in Early Childhood

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. A Look inside Two Chicago Preschools

      • Stephanie C. Smith
      Pages 3-11
    3. Early Childhood Policy and Practice

      • Stephanie C. Smith
      Pages 13-42
    4. Urban Early Childhood

      • Stephanie C. Smith
      Pages 43-63
  3. Inside Classrooms, Inside Pedagogy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65
    2. Classroom Teaching

      • Stephanie C. Smith
      Pages 67-102
    3. The Development of the Whole Child

      • Stephanie C. Smith
      Pages 103-114
    4. Classroom Management

      • Stephanie C. Smith
      Pages 115-130
    5. Roles of Teachers and Language Codes

      • Stephanie C. Smith
      Pages 131-143
    6. Field Trips and Demonstrating Internalization

      • Stephanie C. Smith
      Pages 145-152
    7. Engaging Parents

      • Stephanie C. Smith
      Pages 153-167
  4. Differing Pedagogies, Differing Outcomes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 169-169
    2. Pedagogical Differences and Child Outcomes

      • Stephanie C. Smith
      Pages 171-199
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 219-239

About this book

This book examines differing classroom pedagogies in two early childhood programs serving vulnerable populations in Chicago, one program Reggio Emilia-inspired, while the other uses a more didactic pedagogy. The structure of classroom pedagogies is defined using Basil Bernstein's theories of visible and invisible pedagogy.

Reviews

"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

About the author

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

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eBook USD 39.99
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Hardcover Book USD 54.99
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