Young Children's Perspectives on Teacher Gender

Contextualizing Gender Stereotypes and Inclusive Practices in Early Childhood Education and Care
Herausgeber: Brody, David; Emilsen, Kari; Xu, Yuwei

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Produktbeschreibung

This book draws on ethnographic studies in nine countries across six continents to examine children's perspectives on their male and female teachers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 580g
• ISBN-13: 9781032499260
• ISBN-10: 1032499265
• Artikelnr.: 73885433

Autorenporträt

David Brody is Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education at Orot College of Education, Israel. Yuwei Xu is Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education at the University of Nottingham, UK. Kari Emilsen is Professor of Early Childhood Education at Queen Maud University College (QMUC), Norway. Laetitia Coles is Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI), The University of Queensland, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Researching Young Children's Perspectives on Their Teachers' Gender
in a Global Con-text 1. Introduction 2. A cross-cultural theoretical
framework for understanding children's perspectives of gender in early
childhood education and care (ECEC) across countries 3. Methodology for an
international collaborative project Part 2: Case Studies across the Global
South and North 4. Chinese young children's perspectives on gender and
their teachers in a high-socio-economic-status kindergarten 5. "He Plays,
and She Teaches": Perspectives of Brazilian children on their teachers in
ECEC 6. Challenges and Opportunities: The politics of gender in South
African Early Child-hood Education and Care 7. "One paints the caravan, and
one stays out of the caravan": Children's perspectives of their educators'
gender in an Australian ECEC service 8. "She is a medic. She was a medic in
the army": Children's silence on their teachers' gender in an Israeli
forest kindergarten 9. How do young Turkish children perceive the gender of
their teachers? A case study 10. Exploring the (co)construction of
non-binary gender patterns: the Norwegian case 11. "She is pretty and
sparkly; he is a good teacher" Is it the teacher or their gender that
counts? England case study 12. "Because He's My Second Favorite Teacher": A
New York City (NYC) Case Study Exploring Children's Perceptions of Their
Teachers' Gender Part 3: Findings, Implications, and Future Directions 13.
Cross Country Analysis: How contexts shape children's perspectives of their
male and female educators 14. Insights and the importance of (researching)
children's perspectives on gender