Analyzing Social Justice: Impact of Social Structure on Early Years

This report delves into the pervasive issue of social justice within society and its manifestation in the education system, particularly focusing on early childhood education. It examines the impact of social structures, specifically concerning Indigenous Australians, on the social justice of young children. The report defines social structure and its components like economy, family, and law, emphasizing the importance of equal rights and opportunities for all children, especially those facing traditional disadvantages. It highlights the role of educators in addressing injustice issues through equity-based pedagogies and acknowledges the prevalence of racism faced by Aboriginal children. The report also discusses the critical race theory (CRT) as a sociological framework for understanding racial justice. Furthermore, it outlines strategies to address social justice issues, such as familiarizing students with these issues, recognizing diversity in the curriculum, and promoting early literacy. In conclusion, the report underscores the significance of social ethnicity, its impact on social justice, and the crucial role educators play in shaping beliefs within early childhood education.

Investigation of a
social justice issue

TABLE OF CONTENT
• Introduction
• Main body
• Social structure
• Social justice
• Sociological theory
• Role of educator in social justice issue
• Strategies
• Conclusion
• references

Introduction
• Social justice issue is prevailing amongst the society and it has also
emerged in education system.
• this report will discuss social structure and also how it is impacting
social justice of children in early education.

Defining social structure
Social structure-
• It is the pattern in regards of social arrangements in the society.
• Society consists of the group of people and group is formed on the basis of social
structure. same structure people formed group together.
• Social structure involves economy, family, law etc.
• the social structure which is included in this report is Indigenous Australians which
include Aboriginal people.

Social structure impacts social justice of
children in early education
• Social justice in early childhood means each and every children have equal rights and opportunities.
• Further it means that children who are facing tradition disadvantage should also receive same social
opportunities which others are getting.
• In early childhood education and in primary schools it is the duty of educator to solve injustice issues.

Cont..
• Educators should have developed equity based pedagogies because early childhood is the growing age for the
children so it is important that they believe on fairness.
• it is found out the Aboriginal children are the victims of racism.

Sociological theory which address social
justice issue
Critical race theory (CRT)-
• this theory is introduced by US civil rights activist and is the academic movement which is focusing on
examining intersection of race.
• this theory also challenges mainstream liberal ideas to racial justice.

Role of educators in addressing social justice issue
• Education is called as the equalizer but equality will not get
achieved if social injustice exists in schools.
• there is requirement of acts of social justice which must be
implemented in the classroom.
• strength of diverse students is increasing in every classroom so
educator should engage in political issues like race, gender, sex
etc.

Strategies to address social justice issue
• Social justice is a view about giving everyone equal opportunities in
political, economical and social as well as rights.
• The best way is to address these issues is to familiarising the students
with social justice issues so that they can gain better understanding of
current state.
• Organisation recognise the centrality of diversity in the school
curriculum and including practices.

Cont..
• Paying attention to the socio cultural and social political issues which mediates in the
learning process in increasing the diverse world.
• Promoting early literacy is the way by which the students can develop literacy sills in social
environment by doing language rich activities.
• Making use of social media in the classroom will help in making the students encounter and
engage with the social justice issues.

CONCLUSION
• Social ethnicity is about the cultural features to characterize all human groups.
• It creates a sense of identity for the group sharing common language and other cultural traits.
• This social ethnicity impacts on the social justice and raising to some social justice issues.
• Educators play role in shaping the thoughts and beliefs within the early childhood education.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
• Boone, J., 2019. What is Social Justice?.
• Goodwin, A.L. and Darity, K., 2019. Social justice teacher educators: what kind of knowing is
needed?. Journal of Education for Teaching. 45(1). pp.63-81.
• Miller, K. and Weilbacher, G., 2020. Examining the intersection of social justice and state standards with
elementary preservice teachers. Action in Teacher Education. 42(4). pp.368-386.