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This volume presents a comprehensive overview of inclusion and diversity in education across the globe. It examines how more inclusive education systems can be built and covers areas and topics such as disability studies, sexual minorities, and indigenous communities, marginalized communities among others.The book presents perspectives of experienced and cutting-edge researchers on inclusive practices that facilitates participation, equity, and access from across countries such as India, the USA, Australia, the UK, Canada, South Africa, Japan, Pakistan, Rome, Hungary, Sweden, and others. It discusses how spoken language, race, gender, and religion contribute to inclusion and marginalization. The volume also explores ideas on how schools and educational systems can respond to diversity-related issues, and the lessons learned about how to improve capacities for further inclusion. Additionally, it provides a holistic understanding of the classroom practices and interventions adopted to handle the problems of students with diverse needs. The book volume facilitates understanding of the broader spectrum of various diversities existing in our society and also the strategic pathways for their inclusion.This incisive and comprehensive volume will be of interest to students, teachers, and researchers of education, inclusion and diversity, equity and access, disability studies, educational psychology, social work, sociology, and anthropology. It will also be useful for teacher training course, and anyone who is associated with or working in the field of diversity and inclusion.

This book is a comprehensive course text for all degree level students undertaking programmes related to early years and childhood studies. It provides a balanced approach and encourages you to consider and challenge perceptions of early years and to promote good professional practice.

This book is unique in presenting new perspectives on how to introduce interculturality to children. It proposes critical ideas for introducing sensitive topics around culture, race and intersectionality. The book develops the reader's criticality and reflexivity, providing original and concrete tools to introduce interculturality to children and to make children aware of how intercultural issues matter in their lives and in the world at large. It includes case studies of children's realities from across the world, and provides insights into how to approach sensitive topics such as culturalism, discrimination, inequality and racism in relation to diversity in different contexts.Written in the spirit of critical interculturality, the book will be of great interest to researchers and students in the field of intercultural studies, global childhood and early childhood education, as well as trainee teachers and educators.

This book discusses LGBTI+ childhood from a critical, interdisciplinary perspective with the aim of contributing to a better understanding of the complex relationship between sexuality, gender and childhood.

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically affected all aspects of professional and private life worldwide, including the field of early childhood education and care (ECE). This volume sheds light on leadership in ECE: How did leaders experience the challenges they were facing and what coping strategies did they apply in order to deal with the changes in everyday life and practices in ECE centres? Authors from twelve countries present empirical findings gaining information on different crisis management mechanisms in ECE systems around the world.

Looking for an engaging book to teach children about community helpers? This is it! BJ's Adventures in the Neighborhood is a book that introduces children to the people who make our neighborhoods and lives better.BJ's Adventures in the Neighborhood is an illustrated picture book about careers within a community. From the mail carrier and sanitation workers to firefighters, doctors, nurses, and more, the text describes what each community helper does, and then provides children engaging illustrations. This book gets kids thinking about which career they would like to do! Parents can read to little ones aloud and kids can read it themselves! Teachers and parents can use this book as a great learning tool to support social studies curriculum for homeschooling or in classrooms!

1 Year of Planning contains 50 themes and over 500 activities for young children. Teacher Allison has been working in child care for over 15 years. She has been a professional Early Educator for Emergent Curriculum, Reggio-Inspired preschools in Seattle, WA USA for many years. Allison has a BA in Theatre, a Child Development Associate Credential, a BA in Early Education, a Master TEFL Certificate, and a Masters in Holistic Business Administration. She wanted to develop a resource to assist activity and curriculum planning for one full school year. This book is a guide for Early Educators and families to plan fun activities for children for many years to come.