Rachel Berman
Biographic Data
| ID | 190620 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rachel Berman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rachel |
| FAMILY NAME | Berman |
| SIGNATURE | BERMAN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Toronto Metropolitan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5356-4414 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 59 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Black Mothers Enacting Refusal in Early Childhood Education and Care
Anti-Blackness enacted against children in early childhood education and care (ECEC) has been well documented in the context of the United States, particularly in recent years, where young Black children have been belittled by teachers, more harshly punished than their white peers, and expelled, leading to what’s been called the “preschool-to-prison pipeline.” Anti-Black racism and possibilities for Black futurity in the Canadian context of ECEC …
A Special Issue on the Sociology of Childhood and Youth in Canada
This is the introduction to a special issue, focusing on the sociology of chilhdhood and youth in Canada
Time for a systematic review
The role of institutions in the transformation of coping capacity to sustainable adaptive capacity
Beyond the Preschool Years
This article describes a research study that investigated three‐ and four‐year‐old Canadian preschool children’s perceptions about starting kindergarten. Findings from 33 focus‐group discussions suggest that children begin to formulate ideas about starting kindergarten prior to school entry. Children’s responses were grouped according to three themes, play versus academic activities and homework; getting bigger but still needing help; and rules. …
A Critical Reflection on the Use of Translators/Interpreters in a Qualitative Cross-Language Research Project
Based on experiences from a qualitative research project on immigrant women's English language acquisition, we critiqued the traditional positivist model, and identified a number of issues related to the engagement of translators/interpreters in feminist and community-based research. The issues that we identified amount to serious questions about ambiguities and ownership of translated language content; assumptions about community familiarity and…
Pathologizing or Validating
We employ a feminist discursive lens to re-examine an earlier thematic-based analysis of intake workers' reports of interviews with mothers at a children's hospital. In the original study the first author focused on coping styles of parents of children with exceptionalities, whereas in the current study we demonstrate how intake workers' discursive constructions of mothers as pathological functions to dismiss mothers' views and concerns, and cons…
Exploring School Life From the Lens of a Child Who Does Not Use Speech to Communicate
The "new sociology of childhood" emphasizes listening to the voices of children when conducting research about their lives. In keeping with this framework, the following case study highlights the use of inclusive strategies and the importance of the researcher's orientation in exploring the perspectives of a child who does not use speech to communicate. To gather this child's perspectives about his school life, methodological tools such as a Talk…
An Exploratory Examination of Identity Formation among Jewish Adolescents According to Context
Identity formation among Jewish adolescents was examined according to a goodness- '4f fit model and an exploration-based/perspective-taking model. Forty-eight high school students living in Jewish dominant neighborhoods and 54 high school students living in Jewish nondominant neighborhoods completed measures of ideological, interpersonal, and ethnic forms of identity, self-esteem, and self-acceptance. A series of 2 (Context) x 2 (Gender) x 4 (Gra…
The Psychosocial Inventory of Ego Strengths
A Critical Reflection on the Use of Translators/Interpreters in a Qualitative Cross-Language Research Project
Based on experiences from a qualitative research project on immigrant women's English language acquisition, we critiqued the traditional positivist model, and identified a number of issues related to the engagement of translators/interpreters in feminist and community-based research. The issues that we identified amount to serious questions about ambiguities and ownership of translated language content; assumptions about community familiarity and…
The Psychosocial Inventory of Ego Strengths
An Exploratory Examination of Identity Formation among Jewish Adolescents According to Context
Identity formation among Jewish adolescents was examined according to a goodness- '4f fit model and an exploration-based/perspective-taking model. Forty-eight high school students living in Jewish dominant neighborhoods and 54 high school students living in Jewish nondominant neighborhoods completed measures of ideological, interpersonal, and ethnic forms of identity, self-esteem, and self-acceptance. A series of 2 (Context) x 2 (Gender) x 4 (Gra…
Time for a systematic review
Exploring School Life From the Lens of a Child Who Does Not Use Speech to Communicate
The "new sociology of childhood" emphasizes listening to the voices of children when conducting research about their lives. In keeping with this framework, the following case study highlights the use of inclusive strategies and the importance of the researcher's orientation in exploring the perspectives of a child who does not use speech to communicate. To gather this child's perspectives about his school life, methodological tools such as a Talk…
The Psychosocial Inventory of Ego Strengths
An Exploratory Examination of Identity Formation among Jewish Adolescents According to Context
Identity formation among Jewish adolescents was examined according to a goodness- '4f fit model and an exploration-based/perspective-taking model. Forty-eight high school students living in Jewish dominant neighborhoods and 54 high school students living in Jewish nondominant neighborhoods completed measures of ideological, interpersonal, and ethnic forms of identity, self-esteem, and self-acceptance. A series of 2 (Context) x 2 (Gender) x 4 (Gra…
Pathologizing or Validating
We employ a feminist discursive lens to re-examine an earlier thematic-based analysis of intake workers' reports of interviews with mothers at a children's hospital. In the original study the first author focused on coping styles of parents of children with exceptionalities, whereas in the current study we demonstrate how intake workers' discursive constructions of mothers as pathological functions to dismiss mothers' views and concerns, and cons…
Exploring School Life From the Lens of a Child Who Does Not Use Speech to Communicate
The "new sociology of childhood" emphasizes listening to the voices of children when conducting research about their lives. In keeping with this framework, the following case study highlights the use of inclusive strategies and the importance of the researcher's orientation in exploring the perspectives of a child who does not use speech to communicate. To gather this child's perspectives about his school life, methodological tools such as a Talk…
A Critical Reflection on the Use of Translators/Interpreters in a Qualitative Cross-Language Research Project
Based on experiences from a qualitative research project on immigrant women's English language acquisition, we critiqued the traditional positivist model, and identified a number of issues related to the engagement of translators/interpreters in feminist and community-based research. The issues that we identified amount to serious questions about ambiguities and ownership of translated language content; assumptions about community familiarity and…
The role of institutions in the transformation of coping capacity to sustainable adaptive capacity
Beyond the Preschool Years
This article describes a research study that investigated three‐ and four‐year‐old Canadian preschool children’s perceptions about starting kindergarten. Findings from 33 focus‐group discussions suggest that children begin to formulate ideas about starting kindergarten prior to school entry. Children’s responses were grouped according to three themes, play versus academic activities and homework; getting bigger but still needing help; and rules. …
Time for a systematic review
A Special Issue on the Sociology of Childhood and Youth in Canada
This is the introduction to a special issue, focusing on the sociology of chilhdhood and youth in Canada
Black Mothers Enacting Refusal in Early Childhood Education and Care
Anti-Blackness enacted against children in early childhood education and care (ECEC) has been well documented in the context of the United States, particularly in recent years, where young Black children have been belittled by teachers, more harshly punished than their white peers, and expelled, leading to what’s been called the “preschool-to-prison pipeline.” Anti-Black racism and possibilities for Black futurity in the Canadian context of ECEC …
Psychology (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Children's Rights and Participation (3 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Climate change (2 works)