Promoting Social Justice for Young Children

1. The Continuing Struggle for Social Justice for Children
Beatrice S. Fennimore

2. Child Poverty, Child Care, and Children’s Rights
Valerie Polakow

3. Objectified Self, Objectified Relationships: The Sexualization of Childhood Promotes Social Injustice
Diane E. Levin

4. Child Justice, Caregiver Empowerment, and Community Self-Determination
Joshua D. Sparrow

5. Not in Harm’s Way. Or are They? War, Social Justice, and Young Children in the United States
Judith Van Hoorn, Diane E. Levin

6. Playful Learning: Early Education that Makes Sense to Children
Celia Genishi, Anne Haas Dyson, Lindsey Russo

7. Education That Is Multicultural and Promotes Social Justice: The Need
Yvonne De Gaetano

8. Revolutionary Pedagogy: Art, Culture, and Place-Based Education in an Era of Standardization
Paula G. Purnell

9. Working with Immigrant Children of “Undocumented” and “Mixed” Families
Xue Lan Rong, Liv Thorstensson Dávila, Jeremy Hilburn

10. Challenging the Text and Context of (Re)Naming Immigrant Children: Children’s Literature as Tools for Change
Mariana Souto-Manning

11. Creating Meaningful Contexts in Schools for English Language Learners
Min Hong

12. Beyond Inclusion: Disability Studies in Early Childhood Teacher Education
Beth A. Ferri, Jessica Bacon

13. Preparing Teachers of Young Children to be Social Justice-Oriented Educators
Celia Oyler

14. Protecting the Rights of All Children: Using What We Know
A. Lin Goodwin

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