scholarly journals A Transdisciplinary Approach to Equitable Teaching in Early Childhood Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 249-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariana Souto-Manning ◽  
Beverly Falk ◽  
Dina López ◽  
Lívia Barros Cruz ◽  
Nancy Bradt ◽  
...  

In this review of research, we offer a meta-analysis of young children’s learning and development within and across psychology, education, and linguistics. Engaging with Soja’s concept of Thirdspace, we mapped young children’s learning and development transdisciplinarily, seeking to (re)conceptualize early childhood teaching in ways that are answerable to intersectionally minoritized children, families, and communities of color—those whose voices, values, perspectives, and knowledges have been historically and continue to be contemporarily marginalized. To do so, we identified seven principles with the potential to transform early childhood teaching practice. We posit that together these principles can shift the architecture of early childhood teaching, offering promising possibilities for fostering equity by allowing us to move toward emancipatory praxis and negotiate practical solutions to education’s long history of inequities and oppressions.

2019 ◽  
pp. 1066-1082 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn MacCallum ◽  
Heather R. Bell

This chapter discusses the findings of an ethnographic case study investigating the implementation of mobile learning at an early childhood centre in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. The study describes how mobile technology is being used to support children's learning and communication. The findings show that the devices are an integral part of the learning culture of the centre. The devices are being used to actively engage children in the learning environment and support teaching inquiry. As one of the early studies to investigate how mobile technology is being used in early childhood education, the current study provides pedagogically sound examples and insight on how mobile technology can be embedded into early childhood. The study is seen as a starting place for more in-depth investigations into the impact of mobile learning on young children's learning.


2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Ball

Standardized, norm-referenced assessments of young children’s learning and development pose a number of challenges when used with Indigenous children, beginning with the very notion of the construct “early childhood” that runs counter to some Indigenous ways of knowing and being. Indigenous community leaders and knowledge keepers reject the idea that all children should develop according to a homogenizing universal standard that is not grounded in specific culturally based goals and practices surrounding children’s development and does not respect each child’s unique character. Three key problems arise with creating appropriate assessment of Indigenous young children’s learning and development: 1) assessment in early childhood programs is often done from the perspective of whether children are on track to be ready for school; 2) school systems, early childhood programs, and practitioners face a barrage of pressure to measure children’s “progress” against universalist norms derived from Euro-Western ways of knowing and goals for children’s development; and 3) knowledge of diverse Indigenous young children’s varied lived experiences in today’s urban and rural communities is extremely limited. This paper discusses these obstacles and draws from the author’s many years of collaborating with Indigenous children, families, and communities to co-create culturally relevant assessment in a good way.


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 290-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyriakos Demetriou ◽  
Zoi Nikiforidou

The aim of this article is to explore early childhood students’ views on how variations in educational technology might impact young children’s learning experiences in the classroom. Initially, a meta-analysis of 33 studies was carried out in order to identify how technology is positioned in children’s lives (m = 4.8 years), identifying two key dimensions: one, regarding aspects of children’s learning and, the other, regarding their personal development. At a second stage, two online vignettes, informed by the meta-analysis findings, were completed by 45 university students studying early childhood studies (N = 45). Participants’ understandings of the interplay between the First Space (material space) and the Second Space (mental space based on perceptions and attitudes) were explored from the perspective of Soja’s Third Space which combines both First and Second Spaces. Data show that alterations in the First Space influence participants’ opinions on the relationship between technology and children’s learning and development. The implications of this study reflect the complexity of educational technology in early years settings where both First and Second Spaces play a significant role and provides the opportunity to implement a spatial perspective on how practitioners can become navigators, transformers and constructors of their own technological praxis and practice.


2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kayleigh Skene ◽  
Christine M. O’Farrelly ◽  
Elizabeth M. Byrne ◽  
Natalie Kirby ◽  
Eloise C. Stevens ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Kathryn MacCallum ◽  
Heather R. Bell

This chapter discusses the findings of an ethnographic case study investigating the implementation of mobile learning at an early childhood centre in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. The study describes how mobile technology is being used to support children's learning and communication. The findings show that the devices are an integral part of the learning culture of the centre. The devices are being used to actively engage children in the learning environment and support teaching inquiry. As one of the early studies to investigate how mobile technology is being used in early childhood education, the current study provides pedagogically sound examples and insight on how mobile technology can be embedded into early childhood. The study is seen as a starting place for more in-depth investigations into the impact of mobile learning on young children's learning.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (7) ◽  
pp. 42-58
Author(s):  
Rosny Maidin

This systematic review article focuses on Vygotsky’s Sociocultural approach in the context of early childhood education which focuses on the teaching of learning and development that can be achieved through the sociocultural environment of students. This article is built by conducting previous studies or literature highlights to obtain information related to Vygotsky's sociocultural approach which refers to aspects of teaching-learning and student development. Meanwhile, this article reporting method uses optional reporting items for systematic study and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) or Systematic Literature Review (SLR) article adapted for current research review while using two main databases namely Scopus and Web of Science. Thus, this search effort has resulted in a total of 26 articles that have been systematically censored and analyzed and then the survey successfully formulated the six main themes contained in Vygotsky's sociocultural approach namely, Social theme, Language theme, Process theme, Meaningful learning theme, Constructor theme- knowledge, and Artifacts. In total, further analysis of the six themes has resulted in five sub-themes. The findings of this study have delved deeper into sociocultural from Vygotsky’s perspective as a basis for child development.


Author(s):  
Dewi Mustami’ah ◽  
Andi Maulida Rahmania ◽  
Anisa Nilasari

Tujuan dari kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini adalah untuk membentuk sikap positif ibu-ibu wali murid PAUD RW II Kelurahan Tambak Wedi Surabaya terhadap pembelajaran di PAUD. Permasalahan selama ini ibuibu menganggap pembelajaran di PAUD kurang ada manfaatnya karena hanya diajari bernyanyi, berjalan-jalan dan bermain saja. Sedangkan orang tua menghendaki ketika anak dimasukkan PAUD akan diajari menulis, berhitung dan membaca. Akibatnya orang tua terkadang tidak akan mengantarkan anaknya ketika sibuk atau punya aktifitas lain dan bahkan akan menghentikan anaknya ditengah tahun pelajaran. Anak tidak sampai tuntas mengikuti pembelajaran di PAUD sampai akhir tahun pelajaran. Dalam upaya meningkatkan sikap positif orang tua (ibu) pada pentingnya belajar di PAUD, maka diperlukan pemahaman terhadap orang tua melalui Focus Group Discussion tentang belajar anak PAUD, Belajar Bersama Anak melalui aktifitas ibu-anak. Untukmeningkatkan sikap positif ibu terhadap PAUD diperlukan pemahaman tentang perkembangan anak Usia Dini, Model belajar anak usia dini, pemilihan stimulant yang cocok untuk anak usia dini. Diharapkan dengan pemahaman yang tepat tentang Pendidikan anak usia dini orang tua akan memiliki sikap positif terhadap PAUD, sehingga orang tua akan berpartisipasi aktif dalam pembelajaran anak. Hasil Ibu-Ibu lebih memahami Pendidikan PAUD mengembangkan aspek fisik, panca indera, emosi, social, pengetahuan, agama pada anak melalui metode bermain. Sehingga ketika bunda PAUD mengajak anak-anak melompat-lompat, berlari atau berjalan-jalan, sebenarnya didalamnya terdapat pengetahuan berbaris, sabar menunggu aba-aba, mengerti teman di kanan kirinya, melatih kepekaan anak dalam mendengar perintah. Ibu-ibu juga memiliki pemahaman terkait bagaimana harus menghadapi anak-anak usia dini dan perilaku khasnya seperti senang berlarian, coret-coret dan ibu-ibu juga memiliki pandangan bagaimana mengelola emosi dengan lebih baik saat menghadapi anak. Ibu-ibu memperoleh gambaran stimulasi anak usia dini yang dapat dilakukan ibu dan anak di rumah dengan menggunakan bahan-bahan yang sederhana namun bertujuan untuk melatih kemampuan sensorik anak, yaitu kegiatan meremas kertas, dan menempel benda-benda kecil di kertas (misalnya biji-bijian (jagung, kedelai, beras, kacang-kacangan).ABSTRACTThe purpose of this community service activity is to establish a positive attitude towards the guardians of PAUD RW II students in Tambak Wedi Surabaya Village towards learning in PAUD. The problem so far has been that mothers consider learning in PAUD to be of no use because they are only taught to sing, walk and play. Whereas parents want PAUD when children are included, they will be taught to write, count and read. As a result parents sometimes will not deliver their children when they are busy or have other activities and will even stop their children in the middle of the school year. Children do not complete learning in PAUD until the end of the school year. In an effort to improve the positive attitude of parents (mothers) on the importance of learning in PAUD, it is necessary to understand parents through Focus Group Discussion on PAUD children’s learning, Learning With Children through mother-child activities. To improve the mother’s positive attitudetowards PAUD, an understanding of Early Childhood development, early childhood learning model, selection of stimulants suitable for early childhood is needed. It is expected that with proper understanding of early childhood education parents will have a positive attitude towards PAUD, so parents will actively participate in children’s learning. Results Mothers better understand PAUD education develops physical aspects, senses, emotions, social, knowledge, religion in children through playing methods. So when the mother of PAUD invites children to jump around, run or walk, in fact there is a lined up knowledge, patiently waiting for the cue, understanding the friend on her left and training the child in listening to commands. Mothers also have an understanding of how to deal with early childhood and their typical behaviors such as running around, scribbling and mothers also have a view on how to manage emotions better when facing children. Mothers get a picture of early childhood stimulation that can be done by mothers and children at home by using simpleingredients but aims to train children’s sensory abilities, namely the activity of squeezing paper, and sticking small objects on paper (for example, grains (corn, soybeans, rice, nuts).


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