Cultural Mismatch Between Early Childhood Teacher–Caregivers and Their Students
Kimberly Davidson
Abstract:Young children begin to assign meaning to differences they notice in others based on the cultural socialization beliefs and practices of their families, caregivers, and teachers. As differences are explored, cultural learning takes place, making early childhood and elementary classrooms important environments for bridging cultural differences. Young children with diverse cultural heritages bring strong and unique ways of learning and growing to their learning contexts. This chapter highlights mechanisms throug… Show more
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