Anti-bias curriculum paper

Instructions

For this assignment, you will reflect on anti-bias work in the early childhood classroom. Using the readings in the course outline, and your participation in your fieldwork, write a paper (3-4 pages) detailing your reflections on anti-bias curriculum.

Consider the Goals for Anti-bias teachers and these questions in your response:

What important ideas did the readings and films provide for you? What connections can you make to your current fieldwork? How will you take these ideas with you into your work with children and families? What practices are in place or would you like to put into place in your classroom?

What questions have arisen or may arise either directly or indirectly from children in your classroom? How have you or would you address these questions?

What is or what might be difficult for you? How have you or might you deal with these difficulties? What is an action you have taken or can take? How have you or can you make yourself ready to talk about race and racism?

Be specific in referring to course content and honest and reflective about how you are and hope to be as a teacher of young children. Be sure to go beyond the important ideas of including diverse books, baby dolls and multi-cultural studies in your classroom to think about this on a deeper level.

Be sure to connect to sources in each part of your response. Please cite a minimum of 3 sources.

ECETP Goals for Anti-Bias Teachers

Increase your awareness and understanding of your own social identity in its many facets and your own cultural contexts, both childhood and current. (ABE Goals 1&2)

Examine what you have learned about differences, connection, and what you enjoy or fear across lines of human diversity. (ABE Goal 3)

Identify how you have been advantaged or disadvantaged by the stereotypes or prejudices you have absorbed about yourself or others. (ABE Goal 3)

Explore your ideas, feelings, and experiences of social justice activism. (ABE Goals 3&4)

Open up dialogue with colleagues and families about all of these goals. (ABE Goal 4)

links for readings and film

https://www.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/yc/nov2019/understanding-anti-bias

https://www.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/yc/may2018/teaching-learning-race-and-racism

https://www.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/yc/mar2016/moving-beyond-anti-bias-activities

Gender Creativity and Following the Child: A Montessori Connection

Reflecting on Anti-Bias Education in Action: The Early Years