Equity, Diversity, and Social Justice in Early Childhood Education

This essay examines the concepts of advocacy, social justice, and professional ethics, focusing on their application within early childhood education and care. It highlights the importance of early education for children and discusses the impact of social justice on society, emphasizing the need for equity and diversity in educational settings. The essay explores issues of discrimination based on socioeconomic status, the unequal distribution of resources, and the importance of government policies and interventions to ensure equal access to education for all children. It further delves into the roles of families, schools, and the government in promoting social justice and reducing inequalities, advocating for the implementation of pedagogical approaches and policies that support the development of children and ensure their access to quality education, irrespective of their background. The essay also touches upon the significance of early childhood education in shaping the future of the children. The assignment concludes by emphasizing the importance of providing equal opportunities for all children to succeed in the education system.

Running head: Advocacy, social justice and professional ethics
Advocacy, Social justice and Professional ethics

Advocacy, social justice and professional ethics
Abstract
The article talks about the equity and diversity in early childhood education and care. Early
childhood education is essential for every child. It tells that how social justice influences the
entire society and apart from that the article discusses the equity and diversity in early childhood
education and care. It is very important for the future generation (that is children) to attain
education and get adequate knowledge about social justice. Apart from that there are a few
drawbacks in the early childhood system which shall be reduced in order to gain equality for the
future generation. So, the article raises attention on various measures of childhood education and
opportunities for the future.
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Introduction
The report presents a brief overview of the education of the children. It explains the significance
of early childhood education. It tells that how the society discriminates between poor students
and rich students. It explains the rules of social justice, current government policies, and
framework. It describes the future strategies and practices to reduce the discrimination between
rich people and poor people.
Discussion
Social justice means making fair decisions in the eyes of society. It states that every individual
has his own rights. It also states that every individual has the right to live freely as they want and
they have all the education and democratic rights. It is a way of satisfying human needs in the
social environment. This makes people aware of their rights. Every individual is equal in the
eyes of law and every citizen has the right to live on his own wish. The law is equal for all. It
differs from individual to individual how they take it. Same way law has also given the right to
education to each and every person. Still, there are certain social issues that make the social
justice and injustice aspect.
Figure 1: Social justice
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(Source: http://www.cesj.org/learn/definitions/social-justice-not-utopia/)
The issues related to social injustice occur everywhere. The Children from a very young age are
taught about the power that a male holds than that of a female. From very young age they
develop the mindset of society. They are taught about class, languages, discrimination. In
shaping such mindset and such values, families are equally responsible as the society. They are
thought about the do’s and don’ts and if’s and buts’ at an early age. This becomes the drawback
of their early childhood learning (Duhn, 2012).
Social injustice is a relative concept about the unfair and injustice practices prevailing in the
society. It relates with the burden of inequalities. It gives a picture of humanity. The concept is
different from other views of individuals and society. The social justice is a platform for the
political parties thus, they are coming into existence. Social injustice is the reflection of unequal
advantages and disadvantages in the society (Pianta, Barnett, Sheridan & Justice, 2015).
The unequal wealth distribution creates the section of society. People with good living gets the
chance to meet the requirements of education easily, whereas, it is difficult for the poor people to
work for the living and earn money to educate their children. The education system in today’s
world has become so wide that it requires plenty of money to spend on the children education. It
is difficult for the poor people to learn how to read and write (Macpherson, 2013). The education
system is not only growing with advancements but also has become expensive and costly.
Therefore, poor people are not able to afford money for the education of children. The wealth is
distributing in such a manner that the rich get richer and poor remains stable.
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Figure 2: Income inequality
(Source: https://ourworldindata.org/income-inequality/)
This leads to conflicts and disputes between the rich and the poor sections of the society. It is the
situation that one who has everything and a poor with nothing. Therefore it becomes easier for
the one who has to get an education but the poor will provide education to their children and
other basic amenities due to a shortage of money. The impact of such distribution relates to the
significance of education. Rich people are easily able to send their children to get an expensive
education and still remain rich, but the poor are not able to send their child (Taylor & Giugni,
2012).
The major gap difference between in the education system is not only among the children of poor
and rich class but also the difference is seen in the poor and great teachers, also between the poor
design of courses and good design of courses, between the programs created by the user and the
program created by the professional. By accomplishing such gaps, the aim of extending the
growth of pedagogies will extend the growth of the education policy. The richer section of
society who has higher income can hire the tutors for teaching their child personally but children
of the poor section have no such advantage. It’s hard for them to pay the fees of school (Carroll,
Slacalek & Tokuoka, 2014).
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Figure 3: Education right
(Source: http://imcsap.org/index.php/tag/education/)
In this matter, the government can help them by paying for the school studies. They can help
them by giving a free allowance to study and the government can pay the fees of the school of
the children. It will make these students score well and good marks and they will get success.
Making the after school hours learning free can result in a good number of successful students.
They will be able to score well in the tests. It will make the school reputation (Fredriksen, 2012).
There is a big distance in the poor student and rich student. Children who come from rich
families perform better in school compared to lower-income families. The students who belong
from rich families they gain the good education and they get admissions in top colleges. Thus,
poor students are not able to afford the money. It is essential to increase and encourage
academic and educational achievement. Equal education and opportunities should be provided by
the government. The government should provide equal rights to the poor children (Cairns,
Angus, Hastings & Caraher, 2013).
It is a major issue which is faced by the society. The poor and rich people are treated differently.
The rich section of society gets the advantage of the education system. They are welcomed by
the committee warmly. They do not have to face any difficulty in education for their children.
Whereas, poor people with less income generation has to face a lot of trouble in getting an
education. It becomes a burdensome thing for them to literate their children easily. The right to
education states that education is allowed to all. But on the other hand, there is no satisfaction
given to the rural areas (Zoghbi-Manrique-de-Lara, & Suárez-Acosta, 2014). The only difference
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is the wealth generated by rich and the wealth generated by poor. The government should be
warm towards the poor by lowering fees. The government gives scholarships to the poor students
but not all poor children are capable of getting it.Thus, the government should work hard to
provide education to poor children. This unfair practice of rights leads to discrimination. There
should not be the discrimination between rich people and poor people in the society. The
discrimination of rich and poor has shown a great impact on the field of the education system.
The gap between these two sections of society is increasing day by day. This is the influence of
inequality. The riches are unaware about the law of justice. Everyone is equal in the eyes of law.
But the discrimination between the individuals is such that there is no understanding between
these two sections. These policies have an impact on the social issues (Deere, Oduro,
Swaminathan & Doss, 2013).
It is very important to educate the children since the early age of at least 4 years. It is said that
“the first schooling of a child starts from home”. The early education is something where they
learn about life in a first stage. At this age whatever the child seeks from others are the values. It
does not only refer to the values given with reference to schooling but also the values that we
inculcate in their minds. The care shown towards them makes them a human of feelings and
understanding emotions of others. It makes them understand about life and the gestures (Brown
& Chu, 2012). The education we can say begins from childhood only. The importance of early
education and care makes them a person of good thoughts and can also transform into bad
thoughts depending upon the education given to the children of the first stage. It is an age where
the emotional, social and cultural development of infants starts. At their early age, they learn
about the inconsistent things. Everything they hear is an outcome of bright future. The
importance of early childhood is necessary as at this stage they start understanding the concept of
life ( Aron & Loprest, 2012).
The Government has set many laws to promote education. They have started various schemes
and programs by which people are able to get an easy education. They provide scholarships to
the deserving candidates, may it be rich or poor, the give loans to the one who cannot afford the
education expenses, etc. The policies are made to reduce the burden of the poor people and make
the education system reach to them. The work is done in making the policies is a very difficult
task (Milteer, Ginsburg & Mulligan, 2012).
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Education policy is a collection of principles and policies of the government and it is also the
collection of rules and regulations made or set by the law. But this is important that the
government policies are being operated. The government has set a relief to the people of rural
areas by laying different policies and programs. They have issued various policies to show the
work done by government in helping the poor section to get the right amount of education (Ball,
2012).
In September 2014 the government laid early learning schools for 2-year-old children. It
introduced childminder agencies, constructed more schools for the children who offer nursery
and playing provisions. It also initiated a helping hand to the parents by introducing “tax-free
children scheme” in 2015. Assam introduced “free higher education for poor”. By doing this they
are developing the education system. For example; by sending government school teachers go
abroad for training, by introducing the young of distributing free laptops to the students (which is
for adults). These policies are made to expand the future of the country and also by giving each
and every child a chance to showcase their talent. The right of children to free and compulsory
education, 2017 states that the education of the poor people is free and compulsory (Krieger,
2012).
Pedagogically refers to something which relates to teaching. It is a system of getting an
education in a different way. The setting is generally seen in big institutions. They have the
capability of using the technologies and have professional teachers who can teach with it. In
today’s world, the education courses are using advanced technologies. The technologies are used
by the teachers to carry out pedagogies that are relevant and needed. The main thing by which
this pedagogy is achieved is through the use of popular culture. The teachers in order to make the
student learn about the subject use such technologies. It becomes easier for them to deal with
students and makes the class interesting to learn. They use the popular culture to provide the
authentic and relevant information to the students. It becomes interesting for the students to
focus in the classroom. It becomes comparatively easy for the students to complete the assigned
task. The concept of pedagogical is a way of utilizing popular culture. It is a way to of exploring
and expanding health education classrooms (Darling-Hammond, 2015).
The education system of government is planning for the growth of the country. The policies
planned and the practices of the education are planned to keep in mind the people of rural areas.
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The demand for education in the rural areas has increased. The four important elements of
education system policy, they have been discussed below.
 Making the accessibility and availability of primary education easy so it can be
accessible and available to all the children. This will become easy for the next generation
to get an education. Such is the policy made by the government to promote education for
future (Bowe, Ball & Gold, 2017).
 They will focus on the availability of education mainly to the female section of society.
 Education will be made to meet the actual requirements of the population. It will relate to
the education being given to employment and labor, showcasing better skills, being
aware of the education and other related issues.
 Maximum utilization of the opportunities with the up to date advancements in
technology. This will make teaching and learning interesting and effective.
The language of education has to be meaningful that the child can understand it easily. It should
be interesting and should also interest children. The government will ensure equality in the
education system and will give lifelong opportunities to all the children of rural areas. They will
conduct various seminars relating to education to carry out the bright student. They will also
develop pre-school for the children at an early age; they will incur the education expenses of the
students they will send to abroad. In short, pre-school education will be given to the students. It
is a guideline for ensuring the security and safety of the children. This will make easy access in
knowing about the school or institution. This will tell the education policy of the school. The
government should protect the rights of the children (Carneiro, Meghir & Parey, 2013).
Conclusion
After various researches, it has been analyzed that education is mandatory for every child. The
government should provide compulsory education to the poor children. Some effective
scholarship should be provided by the government to girls. It should the education and other
opportunities to the poor students. In this way, the government can provide equal rights and
opportunities to poor and rich students.
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