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Publication Date: 2016-Mar
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Repositioning Childhood Lived Experiences within Adult Contexts: A Black Feminist Analysis of Childhood/s Regulation in Early Childhood Care and Education
Pérez, Michelle Salazar; Medellin, Kelly; Rideaux, Kia S.
Global Studies of Childhood, v6 n1 p67-79 Mar 2016
Children have been governed within early childhood care and education in ways that would be heavily scrutinized if the same situations occurred within adult contexts. As such, in this article, we utilize Black feminist perspectives to interrogate and (re)examine childhood regulatory spaces. We provide readers with storied narratives that demonstrate how younger human beings are violated, controlled, and disciplined. To emphasize these points, we describe these same childhood experiences as if they were happening to adults. Examples of situations interrogated include everyday childhood routines, the use of assessment to determine ability grouping, and implementation of classroom management systems. Theorizing the narratives with a Black feminist lens inspires the rethinking of everyday (sometimes unrealized) regulation of younger human beings in early childhood care and education.
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, African Americans, Feminism, Social Influences, Student Evaluation, Classroom Techniques, Social Bias, Experience, Young Children, Minority Group Children, Power Structure, Victims
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Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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