Promoting Social Justice for Young Children

Introduction: The Continuing Struggle for Social Justice for Children; Beatrice S. Fennimore.- Part I. SAFEGUARDING CHILD WELFARE AND PROTECTING CHILDREN'S RIGHTS.- 1. Child Poverty, Child Care, and Children's Rights; Valerie Polakow.- 2. Objectified Self, Objectified Relationships: The Sexualization of Childhood Promotes Social Injustice; Diane Levin.- 3. Child Justice, Caregiver Empowerment, and Community Self-Determination; Joshua Sparrow.- 4. Not In Harm's Way. Or Are They? War, Social Justice, and Young Children in the United States; Judith Van Hoorn and Diane Levin.- Part II. RELEVANCE AND MEANINGFULNESS IN EARLY LEARNING EXPERIENCES.- 5. Playful Learning: Early Education that Makes Sense to Children; Celia Genishi, Anne Haas Dyson, and Lindsey Russo.- 6. Education That Is Multicultural And Promotes Social Justice: The Need; Yvonne De Gaetano.- 7. Revolutionary Pedagogy: Art, Culture, and Place-Based Education in an Era of Standardization; Paula Purnell.- Part III. CHILDREN OF THE WORLD IN OUR CLASSROOMS-HONORING MULTIPLE IDENTITIES, LANGUAGES, AND KNOWLEDGES.- 8. Working with Immigrant Children of "Undocumented" and "Mixed" Families; Xue Lan Rong, Liv Thorstensson Dávila, and Jeremy Hilburn.- 9. Challenging the Text and Context of (Re)Naming Immigrant Children: Children's Literature as Tools for Change; Mariana Souto-Manning.- 10. Creating Meaningful Contexts in Schools for English Language Learners; Min Hong.- Part IV. EDUCATING PROFESSIONALS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE COMMITMENTS.- 11. Beyond Inclusion: Disability Studies In Early Childhood Teacher Education; Beth Ferri and Jessica Bacon.- 12. Preparing Teachers of Young Children to be Social Justice-Oriented Educators; Celia Oyler.- Conclusion: Protecting the Rights of All Children: Using What We Know; A. Lin Goodwin.- About the Contributors.- Index.