Analysing Children’s Diversity and Identity in ELMER and The Ugly Duckling

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.201214.523How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Early Childhood Education, Diversity, Self-identity, Curriculum

Abstract

With globalization, immigration and the emergence of neoliberalism, the diversity of children has become an inevitable issue.The impact of racial issues and cultural diversity has created new demands and challenges for children, educators and child-carers.The curriculum have also been updated and changed to address this issue. By analyzing two specific storybooks, comparing the plots and characters, and combining with my own work experience, this article finds out the diversity and identity issues existing in early education. Through the study of children’s diversity and identity, we find the factors that affect children’s early self-identity. Apple(2001) believes that curriculum is controlled by class, race and racial struggle [1]. Curriculum plays a crucial role in early education of diversity and identity. Early educators should respect every child, encourage their differences and treat the diversity of children correctly and positively.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xiangning Li
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/12/16
TI  - Analysing Children’s Diversity and Identity in ELMER and The Ugly Duckling
BT  - Proceedings of the 2020 3rd International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 352
EP  - 357
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201214.523
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201214.523
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