Use of Racial Identity Development Theory to Explore Cultural Competence among Early Childhood Educators

Autor/inn/en	Han, Heejeong Sophia; West-Olatunji, Cirecie; Thomas, M. Shelley
Titel	Use of Racial Identity Development Theory to Explore Cultural Competence among Early Childhood Educators
Quelle	In: SRATE Journal, 20 (2011) 1, S.1-11 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1068-1752
Schlagwörter	Racial Identification; Young Children; Kindergarten; Early Childhood Education; Teacher Educators; Professional Development; Case Studies; Preschool Teachers; Cultural Differences; Cultural Background; Whites; Surveys; Interviews + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Frühe Kindheit; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Teacher education; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Kultureller Unterschied; White; Weißer; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik
Abstract	In order to explore early childhood educators' cultural competence through a lens of racial identity development theory, a case study was conducted with four White Kindergarten teachers. Participants were surveyed and interviewed to understand their racial identity development as well as perspectives of teaching culturally diverse early childhood students. Findings suggest that representative characteristics of racial identities are evident among White early childhood educators, and that these characteristics influence their conceptualizations of teaching and understanding culturally diverse young students. Thus, authors recommend that racial identity development be considered as a crucial element of teacher professional developments in order to enhance their cultural competence. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Southeastern Regional Association of Teacher Educators. Web site: http://www.sratejournal.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10