In Event: AERA Roundtable Session Wednesday 11:45 am - Gold 3

SIG-Critical Perspectives on Early Childhood Education

Ruby Batz, University of Nevada - Reno

Critical Literacies for Critical Thinkers: STREAM Learning Rooted in Latinx Children’s Cultural Realities - Aura Yarenis Perez-Gonzalez, California State University - Long Beach; Mari Riojas-Cortez, California State University - Channel Islands

Early Childhood Under Threat: California Families Navigate Extreme Weather and Wildfires - Fengrong Yang, Stanford University; WooJung Kim, Stanford University; Phil Fisher, Stanford University

Who Is Allowed to Be Seen as a Scientist? Reimagining Representation and Educator Identity Through STEAM Picture Books - Anne Valauri, Georgia Southern University

Reimagining Participation: Black Children’s Engagement in Early Computer Science Education through Culturally Relevant Interactions - Charles E. Flowers, California State University - Fullerton; CRRAFT Partnership, University of Tennessee

Spatial Thinking with Children: Limits, Attachments, and Terrestrial Design for All the Living - Laura Trafi-Prats, Manchester Metropolitan University