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Bachelor of Early Childhood Education and Care (Birth-5): ECSFC401A Advocacy, Social Justice and Professional Ethics

Prescribed and Recommended Texts

The anti-bias approach in early childhood (2020) - Book by Red Ruby Scarlet

The books below are used in the weekly readings:

Diversity and difference in childhood : issues for theory and practice (2016) - eBook and book by Kerry H. Robinson; Criss Jones-Diaz
Inclusive education in the early years : right from the start (2023) - eBook and book by Kathy Cologon
Teaching from the deep end : succeeding with today's classroom challenges (2009) - eBook and book by Dominic V. Belmonte

Readings and Prescribed Viewings

ABC Kids Community. (2020, April 2). Play School: Hello friends! (A COVID-19 special) [Video]. Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/ABCKidsCommunity/videos/203365794285386/
Australian Council of Social Service. (2017, October). A future for all children: Addressing child poverty in Australia. Australian Human Rights Commission.
https://humanrights.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-02/75._australian_council_of_social_service.pdf
Australian Human Rights Commission. (n.d.). Children's rights.
https://humanrights.gov.au/our-work/childrens-rights
Australian Human Rights Commission. (n.d.). Human rights and homelessness and housing.
https://humanrights.gov.au/sites/default/files/content/letstalkaboutrights/downloads/HRA_homeless.pdf
Balfour, B. J. V. (2016). Feminist tales of teaching and resistance: Reimagining gender in early childhood education (Reggio Emilia, Italy). Gender and Education, 28(3), 445-457.
https://doi.org/10.1080/09540253.2016.1167176
Bartlett, J. D., & Smith, S. (2019). The role of early care and education in addressing early childhood trauma. American Journal of Community Psychology, 64(3/4), 359–372.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12380
Beneke, M. R., & Cheatham, G. A. (2020). Teacher candidates talking (but not talking) about dis/ability and race in preschool. Literacy Research, 52(3), 245-268.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1086296X20939561
Bentley, D., & Reppucci, A. (2013). “I think they all felt distressed!” talking about complex issues in early childhood. Childhood Education, 89(1), 9-14.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00094056.2013.757179
Boutte, G. S., Lopez-Robertson, J., & Powers-Costello, E. (2011). Moving beyond colorblindness in early childhood classrooms. Early Childhood Education Journal, 39(5), 335- 342.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-011-0457-x
Brantefors, L., & Quennerstedt, A. (2016). Teaching and learning children’s human rights: A research synthesis. Cogent Education, 3(1), 1-19.
https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2016.1247610

Children of Parents with a Mental Illness (COPMI)
http://www.copmi.net.au/
The Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development. (2016). Global report on equity and early childhood.
https://www.oise.utoronto.ca/atkinson/UserFiles/File/Publications/CGGlobal-FullReport-English-R2-WEB-LowRes.pdf
Dalli, C. (2010). Towards the emergence of a critical ecology of the early childhood profession in New Zealand. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 11(1),61-74.
https://doi.org/10.2304/ciec.2010.11.1.61
Early Childhood Australia. (2016). Code of ethics [Brochure].
http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ECA-COE-Brochure-web-2019.pdf
Grace, R., & Trudgett. M. (2012). It’s not rocket science: The perspectives of Indigenous early childhood workers on supporting the engagement of Indigenous families in early childhood settings. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 37(2), 10-
https://doi.org/10.1177/183693911203700203
Gunn, A. C. (2003). A philosophical anchor for creating inclusive communities in early childhood education: Anti-bias philosophy and Te Whāriki: Early childhood curriculum. Waikato Journal of Education, 9, 129–141.
Hard, L., Press, F., & Gibson, M. (2013). ‘Doing’ social justice in early childhood: The potential of leadership. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 14(4), 324-334.
https://doi.org/10.2304/ciec.2013.14.4.324
Hawkins, K. (2014). Looking forward, looking back: Framing the future for teaching social justice in early childhood education. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 39(3), 121-128.
https://doi.org/10.1177/183693911403900315
Hawkins, K. (2014). Teaching for social justice, social responsibility and social inclusion: A respectful pedagogy for twenty-first century early childhood education. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 22(5), 723-738.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1350293X.2014.969085
Hopster. (n.d.). Is TV making your child prejudiced? A report into pre-school programming.
https://hopster_wordpress_v2.storage.googleapis.com/Hopster-Predjudice-Report-DIGITAL.pdf

Jerome,L., Emerson, L., Lundy, L., & Orr, K. (2015). Teaching and learning about child rights: A study of implementation in 26 countries. UNICEF.
https://www.unicef.org/media/63086/file/UNICEF-Teaching-and-learning-about-child-rights.pdf
King, E. (2015.) Supporting young children's rights. Every Child, 21(1), 4-5.
Kintner-Duffy, V. L., Vardell, R., Lower, J. K., Cassidy, D. J. (2012). "The changers and the changed": Preparing early childhood teachers to work with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender families.
Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 33(3), 208-223
https://doi.org/10.1080/10901027.2012.705806
Lee, S., Adair, J. K., Payne, K. A., & Barry, D. (2021). Revisioning fairness as social justice in early childhood education. Early Childhood Education, 1-13.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-021-01233-x
Lloyd, M. (2018). Domestic violence and education: Examining the impact of domestic violence on young children, children, and young people and the potential role of schools. Frontiers in Psychology, 9(2094).
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02094
MacNaughton, G., & Davis, K. (2001). Beyond 'othering': Rethinking approaches to teaching young Anglo-Australian children about Indigenous Australians. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2(1), 83-93.
https://doi.org/10.2304/ciec.2001.2.1.10
Morris, A. S., Robinson, L. R., Hays-Grudo, J., Claussen, A. H., Hartwig, S. A., & Treat, A. E. (2017). Targeting parenting in early childhood: A public health approach to improve outcomes for children living in poverty. Child Development, 88(2),
https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12743
Newman, L. (2016). Ethics and the law. Every Child, 22(3), 20-21.
http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/EC1603_Ethics-and-the-law.pdf
Nguyen, A. (2021). “Children have the fairest things to say”: Young children’s engagement with anti-bias picture books. Early Childhood Education, 1-17.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-021-01186-1
Ponciano, L., & Shabazian, A. (2012). Interculturalism: addressing diversity in early childhood. Dimensions Of Early Childhood, 40(1), 23-29.

Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care. (2013). Bringing child rights into your classroom: An educator's guide.
https://www.snaicc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/03204.pdf
Stein, R., & Russell, C. E. (2021). Educator perspectives of early childhood mental health: A qualitative study in Colorado. School Mental Health, 13, 845-855.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12310-021-09454-6
Svitak, A. (2010, February). What adults can learn from kids [Video]. TED Conferences.
https://www.ted.com/talks/adora_svitak_what_adults_can_learn_from_kids
UNICEF. (2014). Child rights education toolkit: Rooting child rights in early childhood education, primary and secondary schools.
https://www.unicef.org/media/63081/file/UNICEF-Child-Rights-Education-Toolkit.pdf
UNICEF. (n.d.) Convention on the Rights of the Child: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child – The children’s version.
https://www.unicef.org/media/56661/file
UNICEF Australia. (2014, August 4). First Nations collective: There’s a message [Video]. YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCzIyGDobL4
UNICEF Australia. (n.d.). Children's rights, simplified: United Nations convention on the rights of the child.
https://www.unicef.org.au/our-work/information-for-children/un-convention-on-the-rights-of-the-child
United Nations Children's Fund. (2021, April). Advocacy toolkit
https://www.unicef.org/wca/media/6451/file/UNICEF-KRC3-KRC4-Toolkit.pdf