Technology Segregation
A Pandemic Crisis in Early Childhood Education
Abstract
This research is focused on Technology Segregation and important differences between Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) and white middle class young children’s access and experiences. It is part of a larger research study on Anti-Racist pedagogy in early childhood classrooms and is a follow up to a previous study on technology segregation before the pandemic of 2019. Here, I interviewed six early childhood educators at the kindergarten through second grade level (k-2) before and during the national pandemic of Covid-19 to understand their views on technology segregation as young children were forced to shift to online learning. The participants all agreed that their BIPOC low income students suffered more learning loss and issues with online schooling then their white middle class counterparts. This article delves into present day technology segregation within a health pandemic and reveals many levels of structural racism that need to be interrupted and disrupted.
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