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“Who’s got the power?”: A critical examination of the anti-bias curriculum
Ist Teil von
International journal of child care and education policy (Seoul), 2019-09, Vol.13 (1), p.1-18, Article 6
Ort / Verlag
Singapore: Springer Singapore
Erscheinungsjahr
2019
Quelle
Free E-Journal (出版社公開部分のみ)
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Ample research data indicate that young children recognize racial characteristics and subsequently exhibit both positive and negative racial attitudes toward their own and other racial groups. In the early childhood field, educators commonly adopt an anti-bias/multicultural curriculum to address such issues with young children and—with rare exceptions—such methods are subject to ongoing endorsement in the scholarly literature. This article, however, offers a more comprehensive critique of the anti-bias curriculum, including an analysis of the conceptual frameworks underpinning several of the associated teaching strategies. In addition, the present article illustrates how the anti-bias curriculum, though presented as congruent with the empirical evidence with respect to the education of young children and race, departs considerably from these data. Furthermore, the curricula under scrutiny fail to engage young children in critical discussions and classroom practices centering on: (i) power relations; (ii) racism; (iii) whiteness; and (iv) white privilege. This critique concludes with a preliminary conceptualization of anti-racism in early childhood education.