Racism in early childhood education: a systematic review

Vasconcelos, Dalila Castelliano de; Sousa, Quézia Rafaela Medeiros; Pereira, Ananda Clara de Almeida; Silva, Jefferson Andrade

doi:10.1590/1982-0275202441e210197

Review Article – School and Educational Psychology • Estud. psicol. (Campinas) 41 • 2024 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-0275202441e210197 linkcopy

Racism in early childhood education: a systematic review

Racismo na educação infantil: uma revisão sistemática

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Objective The objective of this systematic review is to identify and analyze studies that address the relationship between racism and Early Childhood Education.

Method Using the descriptors 'racism', 'racial prejudice', and 'racial discrimination', separately associated with the term 'early childhood education', a search was carried out in the following databases: Periódicos Capes, Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), Web of Science, and PubMed. This review followed methodological recommendations from the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA).

Results Initially, 1,240 publications were identified, which, after applying the inclusion criteria, were reduced to 20. These 20 publications were analyzed in terms of authorship, year, location, method, objective, and results.

Conclusion Despite an increase in recent years, the number of articles in this area is still limited, indicating the need to expand studies on this topic due to its relevance.

Keywords:
Child rearing; Racism; Systematic review

N	Author/Year/Location	Participants	Objective
1	Essien-Wood & Wood (2020) - USA	Nine experts **	Experience of Black students in early childhood education
2	Escayg (2020) - USA	Parents, teachers, and children ***	Anti-racist education
3	Santiago (2020) - Brazil	Teachers and children ***	Intersection of race, gender, and class
4	Tembo (2021) - England	Teachers and children ***	The identity of the Black educator
5	Camilo et al. (2020) - Brazil	Children ***	Racial identity
6	Boyd-Swan & Herbst (2019) - USA	Teachers, administrators, and children ***	Discrimination in the hiring of teachers
7	Marques & Dornelles (2019) - Brazil	Teachers and administrators ***	Presentation of Afro culture
8	Barley (2019) - England	Children ***	Children and race
9	Meidl (2018) - USA	23 Black male teachers	Black teachers in education
10	Blanchard et al. (2018) - USA	nine teachers **	Teachers and diversity
11	Souza & Dinis (2018) - Brazil	Teachers and children ***	Children’s and teachers’ perceptions of race
12	MacNevin & Berman (2016) - Canada	Teachers and children ***	Play and race
13	Souto-Manning & Cheruvu (2016) - USA	Six Black teachers *	Training of Black teachers
14	Santiago (2015) - Brazil	Children ***	Racialization in children’s cultures
15	Rosen (2015) - England	Teachers and children ***	Racism in the daycare
16	Cheruvu et al. (2014) - USA	Four Black male teachers *	Eurocentric training
17	Park (2010) - USA	Six children **	Racial identity
18	Bernstein et al. (2000) - USA	19 children **	Classification in Early Childhood Education
19	Perkins & Mebert (2005) - USA	79 children **	Multicultural Education
20	Zimmerman & Levy (2000) - USA	36 White preschoolers *	Behavior among different races

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[TFN1] Note: *Studies that consider age range, race, and number of participants; **Studies that include age range and number of participants; ***Studies that only include the age range of participants.