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EDEC 5613: Curriculum Theory in Early Childhood Studies: Required Readings

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Required Readings for EDEC 5613

Castner, D. J. (2021). Reconsidering early childhood curriculum leadership in light of reconceptualization: Moving beyond DAP technologies. International Critical Childhood Policy Studies, 8(2), 104-114.

Kessler, S. (2014). Reconceptualizing the early childhood curriculum: An unaddressed topic. In M. N. Bloch & B. B. Swadener (Eds). Reconceptualizing early childhood care and education (pp. 33-43).

Dyson, A.H., & Genishi, C. (2013). Social talk and imaginative play: Curricular basics for young children’s language and literacy. In D.E. Alvermann, N.J. Unrau, & R.B. Ruddell (Eds.), Theoretical models and processes of reading (6th ed., pp. 164-181). Newark, DE: International Reading Association. 

Leu, K., Templeton, T., & Yoon, H. (2016). Co-inquiry, co-construction, collaboration: The emergence of curriculum. Language Arts, 94(1), 54-57.

Yoon, H. S., & Templeton, T. N. (2019). The practice of listening to children: The challenges of hearing children out in an adult-regulated world. Harvard Educational Review, 89(1), 55-83. 

Nelson, N., Pacini-Ketchabaw, V., Nuxmalo, F. (2018). Rethinking nature-based approaches in early childhood education: Common worlding practices. Journal of Childhood Studies, 43(1), 4-10. 

Embrace Race. (2021, September 20). Reading picture books with children through a race-conscious lens [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-zdx296x-8 

Lambert, Megan Dowd. (2020, July 19). The whole book approach meets critical literacy. Diverse Book Finder: Identify and Explore Multicultural Picture Books. https://diversebookfinder.org/browse/the-whole-book-approach-meets-critical-literacy/ 

TED. (2016, March 18). The windows and mirrors of your child's bookshelf [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wQ8wiV3FVo 

Nelson, N., Pacini-Ketchabaw, V., Nuxmalo, F. (2018). Rethinking nature-based approaches in early childhood education: Common worlding practices. Journal of Childhood Studies, 43(1), 4-10.  

Common Worlds Research Collective. (2020, October 5). Common Worlds Research Collective keynote 2020 Part 1 [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFTc-IG58O0 

Common Worlds Research Collective. (2020, October 5). Common Worlds Research Collective keynote 2020 Part 2 [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04GHegtwHz4 

Common Worlds Research Collective. (2020, October 5). Common Worlds Research Collective keynote 2020 Part 3 [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVxdSvsldCA 

Escayg, KA. (2019). “Who’s got the power?”: A critical examination of the anti-bias curriculum. International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy, 13(6), 1-18.  

Thomas, R. (2019). Identifying your skin is too dark as a put-down: Enacting whiteness as hidden curriculum through a bullying prevention programme.  Curriculum Inquiry, 49(5), 573-59 

Embrace Race. (2021, September 12). Dr. Debbie Reese on the appropriation of native cultures. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kXFoYNjldo&t=1s 

Embrace Race. (2021, September 13). Problematic school assignments around Indigenous peoples. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67ZZIEWdCDk  

Wilbur, M., Small-Rodriguez, D., & Keene, A. (2019, October 14). Celebrate Indigenous people's day, not Columbus [Audio Podcast episode]. In All My Relations Podcast. Speak Out. https://www.allmyrelationspodcast.com/podcast/episode/4ac24f5c/bonus-episode-celebrate-indigenous-peoples-day-not-columbus 

Allen, R., Shapland, D. L., Neitzel, J., Iruka, I. (2021). Creating anti-racist early childhood spaces. Young Children, 76(2), 49-54. 

All of the Above. (2020, October 17). Culturally and historically responsive literacy - Dr. Gholdy Muhammad. YouTube.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF3U3UnTSNA 

Ferlazzo, L. (2020, January 28). Author interview with Dr. Gholdy Muhammad: 'Cultivating Genuis.' Education Week, https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-author-interview-with-dr-gholdy-muhammad-cultivating-genius/2020/01 

Week 1 
Blaise, M. & Nuttall, J. (2011). Learning to teach in the early years classroom. Oxford University Press.  

Week 3 
Nelson, N., Pacini-Ketchabaw, V., Nuxmalo, F. (2018). Rethinking nature-based approaches in early childhood education: Common worlding practices. Journal of Childhood Studies, 43(1), 4-10. 
Common Worlds Research Collective. (2020, October 5). Common Worlds Research Collective keynote 2020 Part 1 [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFTc-IG58O0 
Common Worlds Research Collective. (2020, October 5). Common Worlds Research Collective keynote 2020 Part 2 [Video]. YouTube.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04GHegtwHz4 
Common Worlds Research Collective. (2020, October 5). Common Worlds Research Collective keynote 2020 Part 3 [Video]. YouTube.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVxdSvsldCA 

Week 4 
Embrace Race. (2021, September 12). Dr. Debbie Reese on the appropriation of native cultures. YouTube.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kXFoYNjldo&t=1s 
Embrace Race. (2021, September 13). Problematic school assignments around Indigenous peoples. YouTube.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67ZZIEWdCDk 
Wilbur, M., Small-Rodriguez, D., & Keene, A. (2019, October 14). Celebrate Indigenous people's day, not Columbus [Audio Podcast episode]. In All My Relations Podcast. Speak Out. https://www.allmyrelationspodcast.com/podcast/episode/4ac24f5c/bonus-episode-celebrate-indigenous-peoples-day-not-columbus 
 
Week 5 
Allen, R., Shapland, D. L., Neitzel, J., Iruka, I. (2021). Creating anti-racist early childhood spaces. Young Children, 76(2), 49-54. 
All of the Above. (2020, October 17). Culturally and historically responsive literacy - Dr. Gholdy Muhammad. YouTube.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF3U3UnTSNA 
Ferlazzo, L. (2020, January 28). Author interview with Dr. Gholdy Muhammad: 'Cultivating Genuis.' Education Week, https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-author-interview-with-dr-gholdy-muhammad-cultivating-genius/2020/01 
 
Week 6 
Embrace Race. (2021, September 20). Reading picture books with children through a race-conscious lens [Video]. YouTube.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-zdx296x-8 
Lambert, Megan Dowd. (2020, July 19). The whole book approach meets critical literacy. Diverse Book Finder: Identify and Explore Multicultural Picture Books. https://diversebookfinder.org/browse/the-whole-book-approach-meets-critical-literacy/ 
TED. (2016, March 18). The windows and mirrors of your child's bookshelf [Video]. YouTube.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wQ8wiV3FVo 

Week 7 
Escayg, KA. (2019). “Who’s got the power?”: A critical examination of the anti-bias curriculum. International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy, 13(6), 1-18.  
Thomas, R. (2019). Identifying your skin is too dark as a put-down: Enacting whiteness as hidden curriculum through a bullying prevention programme.  Curriculum Inquiry, 49(5), 573-59 
 

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