Introduction
African American Children in Early Childhood Education
ISBN: 978-1-78714-259-6, eISBN: 978-1-78714-258-9
Publication date: 22 May 2017
Abstract
This introduction chapter provides an overview of the key issues highlighted throughout this book. First, we tackle why it is problematic to only characterize Black children’s accomplishment in terms of the “academic achievement gap.” Second, we discuss the importance of the home-school environment connection. Finally, we discuss the changes that need to be made in terms of teacher preparation in order to ensure that the workforce can practice racial equity in the classroom. All these issues are woven together by a call for closing the education opportunity gap via “equity adjustments” that can target educational and health disparities facing the Black community.
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Citation
Curenton, S.M., Iruka, I.U. and Durden, T.R. (2017), "Introduction", African American Children in Early Childhood Education (Advances in Race and Ethnicity in Education, Vol. 5), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 3-13. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2051-231720170000005001
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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