Intersections of Racism and Childism: Agency and Control of Latine Children in ECE Classrooms

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Abstract

This study uses critical discourse analysis to compare Latine immigrant parents’ and early childhood teachers’ ideas about agency and control in the education of young Latine children. In video-cued focus group interviews, parents and teachers shared a belief in the importance of order and teacher control in the classroom but had different rationales for these beliefs. Latine immigrant parents shared a deep concern for their children's learning while teachers focused on personal preferences and pressure around standards and testing. Through analysis of these perspectives, we consider how racism and childism intersect to create oppressive learning environments for young Children of Color and we push back on teachers' ideas about the relationship between control and learning towards a pedagogy of repair.

Authors

• Molly E. McManus, San Francisco State University

• Kiyomi Sanchez-Suzuki Colegrove, Texas State University