Decolonizing Place in Early Childhood Education Contributor(s): Nxumalo, Fikile (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138384534 ISBN-13: 9781138384538 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $52.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Education | Early Childhood (incl. Preschool & Kindergarten) - Education | Elementary |
Dewey: 372.21 |
LCCN: 2018056880 |
Series: Indigenous and Decolonizing Studies in Education |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.57 lbs) 160 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book draws attention to the urgent need for early childhood education to critically encounter and pedagogically respond to the entanglements of environmentally damaged places, anti-blackness, and settler colonial legacies. Drawing from the author's multi-year participatory action research with educators and children in suburban settings, the book highlights Indigenous presences and land relations within ongoing settler colonialism as necessary, yet often ignored, aspects of environmental education. Chapters discuss topics such as: geotheorizing in a capitalist society, absences of Black place relations, and unsettling unquestioned Western assumptions about nature education. Rather than offer prescriptive solutions, this book works to broaden possibilities and bolster the conversation among teachers and scholars concerned with early years environmental education. |