Global Implications and Lived Experiences of Neoliberal and Neocolonial-Based Euro-Western Early Childhood Policies and Practice (Table 1)

• In Event: Friday Roundtable Session 11:25 am

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

This symposium presents cross-cultural research exploring globalization in early childhood education (ECE) and the racialized impacts of Euro-Western early childhood standards supplanting contextual, local, and indigenous knowledge(s). Leveraging a variety of cross-cultural and critical qualitative methodologies, alongside anti-colonial, poststructural feminist, and critical race theoretical frameworks, panel researchers present explorations of the various manifestations of neoliberal and neocolonial ideals in global contexts including Kenya, Nepal, Singapore, Costa Rica, and the United States. Focal topics include: datafication; ‘developmentally appropriate practice;’ efficiency-driven classroom temporal regimes; and the effects of imposed monolingual/monocultural pedagogy and deficit discourse on BIPOC children. Guided discussion will follow presentations, focusing on the global impact of Western standards and imaginative possibilities for disrupting the neoliberal and neocolonial-driven educational inequities in ECE.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Critical Perspectives on Early Childhood Education

Chair

• Samara Madrid Akpovo, University of Tennessee

Papers

• Deconstructing the 2022 National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Standards: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Developmentally Appropriate Practices in Australia, Kenya and Nepal - Lydiah Nganga, University of Wyoming; Jamie Huff Sisson, University of South Australia; Sapna Thapa, Metro State University; John Kambutu, University of Wyoming; Samara Madrid Akpovo, University of Tennessee

• Disrupting Deficit Notions of Universal Early Childhood Quality: A Counter-Narrative for Reconceptualizing Quality Early Care and Education for Equity - Charles E. Flowers, California State University - Fullerton

• Intellectual Imperialism in Early Childhood Education: The Commodified and Commercialized Aspects of High-Stakes Testing in Nepal and Kenya - Samara Madrid Akpovo, University of Tennessee; Lydiah Nganga, University of Wyoming; John Kambutu, University of Wyoming; Sapna Thapa, Metro State University

• Exploring Neocolonial Temporalities in the Globalized Era of Early Care and Education - Cassie Sorrells, University of Tennessee