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Research Article

An infant-toddler field experience in resistance to settler colonialism in teacher preparation: perspectives and practices of teachers and teacher candidates

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Pages 561-575 | Received 18 Dec 2022, Accepted 19 Jun 2023, Published online: 26 Jun 2023
 

ABSTRACT

The separation of young children from their families for most of their awake hours, and the specific segregation of children by discrete chronological age through classrooms and grade levels, is a relatively new phenomenon in the history of human society. Such settler colonial constructs continue to influence early learning design, policy and practice. We suggest that to prepare early childhood educators committed to bringing about just and sustainable futures, early childhood teacher preparation programs must begin to make visible and interrupt the notion of age segregation, support understandings of very young children as complete individuals and foster teacher preparation grounded in holistic, familial, and relational development. In considering how early childhood teacher preparation programs can prepare educators to serve children and families across their lifespan, we share perspectives of teacher candidates and recent graduates regarding how an infant/toddler practicum experience impacted and held relevance to their PK-3 teaching practice

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Notes

1. In this article, we use the term Indigenous to represent American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Indigenous communities globally who have originated from and continue to thrive on lands/waters since time immemorial. When discussing particular communities we include the specific Indigenous Nation discussed.

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