ABSTRACT
Inequalities in the Early Years examines poverty’s effects on children and provides workable solutions for decreasing childhood inequalities through the formal education process. This powerful edited collection explores early childhood inequalities across ten disciplines: earth sciences and geography, life sciences, physical sciences, technology, mathematics, history, society and social institutions, business and economy, the arts, and sports and recreation, following Kipfer’s delineation of broad subject areas of knowledge. The volume reaches beyond the domain of education to include multiple perspectives from scholars in the aforementioned disciplines.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 2|20 pages
Mathematics and Measurements
Young Children Count: Undoing Reverse Constructivism During Early Childhood Mathematical Experiences
chapter 3|10 pages
Literacy
Poverty, Literacy, and the American Dream: Do Children Fail in Schools, or Do Society and Schools Fail Children?
chapter 5|12 pages
Business and Economics
The Transformative Potential of Marketing to Fight Child Poverty
chapter 6|12 pages
Society and Social Institutions
The Racial, Spatial, and Intergenerational Contours of Food Inequality in America: Origins, Implications, and Conditions of Possibility
chapter 8|14 pages
The Arts
Arts Education and Makerspaces: Opportunities for Democratizing Practices and Supporting Socially Responsible Learning
chapter 9|10 pages
Sports and Recreation
Inequalities for Young Children with Regards to Sports and Physical Activity
chapter 10|11 pages
Life Sciences
Reaching for the Stars from the Start: Early Learning Experiences in the Sciences
chapter 11|15 pages
Earth Sciences and Geography
How Geographic Settings Contribute to Child Poverty with Implications for Child Citizenship Development
