Multicultural Teaching in the Early Childhood Classroom: Approaches, Strategies, and Tools, Preschool–2nd Grade (Early Childhood Education Series) Illustrated Edition

This book provides a comprehensive but accessible overview of the theories underlying multicultural education and masterfully distills the theory into practical and engaging activities. Souto-Manning draws from her extensive experience in the classroom and brings in the voices of other teachers who are carving out multicultural spaces in their classrooms in situated and diverse ways. The book is relevant not only for early childhood educators; the theories and activities are so clearly and thoughtfully fleshed out that it will benefit anyone interested in Multicultural Education.

Souto-Manning clearly has been a practitioner as well as an academic. This book is a reminder that teachers of young children can effectively provide developmentally appropriate activities that foster multicultural understandings. The wide ranging teaching strategies are creative and transformative, providing routes to meaningfully engaging even our littlest learners. I highly recommend this book.

Interesting text. Assigned for a class and feel lucky to have read

A very relevant and interesting book within the subject.

This book is an excellent place to start for anyone interested in multicultural teaching. It provides a wonderful overview of a plethora of ideas and approaches and makes multicultural teaching accessible to even those who may think they don't understand it. Dr. Souto-Manning's voice is very personable and you almost feel like she is having a conversation with you through her writing. She brings herself into the book and demonstrates for readers how to own your own privileges and disadvantages in society. I love how she uses real-life examples from the classroom, making a much-needed connection between theory and practice. The teachers she writes about are veteran and novice teachers, which makes multicultural education less intimidating for new teachers. I also love how at the end of every chapter there is a reference list with additional books for readers to further explore the concepts discussed. Overall, a great overview and introduction to multicultural education, written in a voice that is accessible to all.

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A thoughtful examination of critical pedagogy applied to early childhood education.

very useful