MODULE #`1 Ch. 3: Community, Culture, and Diversity Empowering Pedagogy for Early Childhood Education

Fill-in-the-blank practice flashcards covering Chapter 3 concepts including third space, cultural competency, narrative learning, peer culture, and postmodern practices.

According to Plato, the soul takes nothing with her to the next world but her __________ and her __________.

education, culture

The concept of culture and cultural diversity is grounded in principles of __________ and equality.

social justice

Langford (2007) identified a need to expand our conceptualization of the effective early learning professional in pedagogical discourses to include __________.

difference

Bhabha (2004) conceptualized __________ as a metaphor for a space that respects differences through environmental design and programming.

Third space

Embracing a community of learning process develops habits of the mind that are __________ (Leach & Moon, 2008).

questioning and critical

Derman-Sparks and Edwards (2010) determined that culture is a set of __________ that govern everything we do.

unconscious rules

Bhabha (2004) introduced the term __________ to emphasize the diverse and complex nature of cultural identities and communities.

cultures in-between

The Child Care Human Resources Sector Council's (2010) __________ identified the valuing of cultural diversity as a fundamental occupational requirement.

Occupational Standards for Early Childhood Educators

Aboriginal peoples in Canada include First Nations, Inuit, and __________ people.

Métis

The last federally run residential school in Canada closed in the year __________.

1996

UNICEF (2009) defined an __________ as a person or family who has moved across international borders from their home country of origin and taken up residency in another country.

immigrant

Kirova (2010) described __________ as persons in need of protection due to fear of persecution or at risk of torture or cruel and unusual treatment or punishment.

refugees

Researchers developed a theoretical approach termed __________ to refer to the innovative and creative aspects of children's participation in society and peer culture.

interpretive reproduction

The two basic themes in the peer culture of young children are persistent attempts to gain __________ over their lives, and sharing that control with one another.

control

__________ is defined as the ability to facilitate mutually rewarding interactions and meaningful relationships in the delivery of services for children.

Cultural competency

__________ is defined as learning from, about, and through storytelling.

Narrative learning

As shown in Figure 3.1, having an extensive, attractively displayed, and accessible library of __________ available can expand children's knowledge and experience with social responsibility and diversity.

children's literature

A __________ is an artistic tool that includes a sequence of drawings, representing the unfolding of an artistic representation of a story.

storyboard

Marsh (2004) notes that children today are required to be __________, meaning exposed to both traditional print and digital print.

multi-literate

__________'s (1979) ecological model reinforces the importance of acknowledging that family, cultural systems, and community significantly influence children's development.

Bronfenbrenner

In the Postmodern view of cultural education (Figure 3.3), programming avoids the __________ approach, whereby superficial aspects of diversity or culture are introduced as programming.

tourism

In Figure 3.4, the first step in Postmodern professional practices is to confront one's values, beliefs, and biases, and develop a __________ understanding of roles and responsibilities (Langford, 2007).

hybrid

A framework for supporting all learners in the environment by creating settings in which all children and families can participate and learn is called __________.

universal design