Preschool Children's Classification Skills and a Multicultural Education Intervention To Promote Acceptance of Ethnic Diversity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8088207 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeffrey Bernstein (corresponding author), Toni Schindler Zimmerman (0000-0001-6940-3359), Ronald Jay Werner‐Wilson (0000-0003-2154-8377), Ronald Jay Werner-Wilson, Jill Vosburg |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 181-192 |
| Publication date | 2000-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Research in Childhood Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0256-8543 • E-ISSN: 2150-2641 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02568540009594762 |
| OpenAlex | W1990576434 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 15 |
Previous studies on the ethnic awareness of young children have identified a developmental sequence of ethnic understanding based on cognitive-developmental theories. The present study extends earlier findings by using measures that include classification tasks. Nineteen preschool participants were randomly assigned either to an intervention group or a control group. The children were pre-tested to obtain a baseline measure of their classification skills (i.e., classified by age, gender, race/ethnicity). Following the pre-test measures, children in the experimental group participated in an eight-week intervention program designed to reduce racial/ethnic stereotyping. Increases in classification skills were observed in the experimental group at post-test. Upon conclusion of the eight-week intervention, children in the experimental group were less likely to sort photo cards by race/ethnicity and more likely to sort them by gender and age. These results suggest that interventions for preschoolers can expand young children's ability to classify individuals on multiple dimensions (i.e., age, gender, race/ethnicity
Cognition · Developmental psychology · Diversity (politics · Ethnic group · Intervention (counseling · Multiculturalism · Pedagogy · Psychological intervention · Race (biology · Test (biology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Early Childhood Education and Development · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Clinical Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2025 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |