Ways with children: Examining the role of cultural continuity in early educators' practices and beliefs about working with low-income children of color

Social Work in Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 215-246

  Shivers, Eva Marie ^a   Sanders, Kay ^b   Wishard, Alison G ^c   Howes, Carollee ^d  

^a Indigo Cultural Center Inc   (United States)

^b WHITTIER COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care; Child development; Cultural continuity; Cultural matches; Education; Ethnicity; Low income families; Teachers

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ETHNICITY; LOW INCOME POPULATION; PSYCHOLOGY; TEACHING;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHNICITY; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; FAMILY INTERACTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEARNING; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIALIZATION; TEACHER; TEACHING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; INFANT; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POVERTY; TEACHING;

EID: 65349166265     PISSN: 19371918     EISSN: 1937190X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19371910802152083     Document Type: Review

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