As I matriculated through the course, I received the opportunity to learn a variety of strategies which I will implement into the classroom as an anti-bias educator. Despite their individual differences, the children in my classroom deserve to be respected, accepted, and appreciated. As an educator, I plan to focus on ensuring that the environment is safe for all children as well as families.
I learned that the role of an anti-bias educator is extremely significant to the development of young children. In order to ensure that all students and families have a true sense of belonging, it is important to build an environment which respects as well as encourages diversity. It is important for children to learn how to treat everyone fairly and care about people despite their cultural differences. This includes encouraging children to learn both about about how they are different from other children and how they are similar (Derman-Sparks & Edwards, 2010). Children are curious about people from a diverse group of backgrounds and often desire to learn more. One important aspect to remember is that children learn prejudice from prejudice, not from learning about human diversity (Derman-Sparks & Edwards, 2010).
My hope is that all children as well as families come to identify unfair experiences and learn that unfair situations can be made fair, they gain an increased sense of their power in the world (Derman-Sparks & Edwards, 2010). I hope that families in the world strive to create anti-bias households as well as become active participants in community based organizations which promote and respect diversity. I plan to continue learning about an anti-biased approach to instruction and I look forward to continuing to build strong partnerships from families all over the world.
I would like to take this opportunity for my colleagues who assisted me with professionally develop throughout the course. We discussed a variety of topics that will enhance our professional growth in the future. I truly wish you best wishes in all of your future endeavors.
Derman-Sparks, L., & Olsen Edwards, J. (2010). Anti-bias education for young children and ourselves. Washington, D.C.: National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).
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Hello Jacquia
Thank you for all your posts full of many enriching experiences and ideas that will help a lot in anti-prejudice education. Wonderful your wish that all the world’s families understand the importance of educating their children with respect and understanding that there is a world full of diversity. We must have to work hard with our prejudices and teach the value of understanding how to understand the differences that exist in every human being.
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Making sure that children and parents feel safe in your learning community is so important. As educators, we have to think about the best learning environment each day and I know you will be great at this! I would love to hear how you may teach your families to create Anti-Bias homes? This would help reach even more people to teach them about this approach.
Katie
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