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As I matriculated through the EDUC 6164 course, I reflected upon my personal practices as an educator with diverse families. One hope that I have about working with families and children from diverse backgrounds is to build powerful partnership with the families. This partnership will begin from the first day I receive the opportunity toContinue reading “The personal side of Bias, Prejudice, and Oppression”

You are working in an early childhood setting of your choice—a hospital, a child care center, a social service agency. You receive word that the child of a family who has recently emigrated from a country you know nothing about will join your group soon. You want to prepare yourself to welcome the child andContinue reading “Welcoming Families From Around the World”

Imagine studying to be an effective educator for four to six years because of your love for children. You take a variety of courses on strategies to ensure student success regardless of the race, ethnicity, or cultural background, etc. of the students. You have a different cultural background than a majority of the students whoContinue reading “The personal side of Bias, Prejudice, and Oppression”

Microaggressions are verbal behaviors that create feelings of uncertainty, inferiority, or marginalization even though no offense was consciously intended (Laureate, 2011). A few years ago, I visited a store with several designer purses with the intent to purchase a mother’s day gift. As I walked around the store, the clerk chose to follow me downContinue reading “Practicing Awareness of Microaggressions”

For this blog, I asked three friends to provide their personal definition on diversity and culture. Rosa believed culture is a way of life for a specific group of people. This may include behaviors, beliefs, and values of the group of people. Diversity is characteristics that make a group of people unique such as race,Continue reading “Perspectives on Diversity and Culture”

The purpose of this post is to provide a description of three cultural items that I would choose to bring if my family was required to evacuate to a host country due to a catastrophic event. The first item that I would choose to bring is a women’s devotional bible. My family and I attendedContinue reading “My Family Culture”

The EDUC 6164 course has officially begun and I truly look forward to building a professional connection with my classmates. I also look forward to receiving the opportunity to be a reflective practitioner throughout the course as well as the personal professional growth which will occur.

As I reflect on factors of my environment which are supportive to me, several types of support come to mind as I think of my daily routine. The first important support that I think of is the daily support and communication with my parents. I communicate with my parents on a daily basis in orderContinue reading “My Supports”

When I reflect on my early childhood experiences there are several quotes which I feel represent my childhood. “What one loves in childhood stays in the heart forever” ~Mary Jo Putney “There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child, there are seven million ~Walt Streightiff As a young child,Continue reading “My Connections to Play”

  Relationships are extremely important because they form who we are today.  All relationships have a significant impact on our mental, physical, and emotional development.  When I reflect on the word relationships, I began to think of the two individuals that I built my very first relationships with and I’m honored to call them myContinue reading “Relationship Reflection”