One hope that I have for working with children is that I can remember to consider their family/home life and backgrounds. I tend to generalize with my students with all of the craziness that a school year brings. When I have students with not so good behavior, I immediately think about how bad they are and forget to consider where they're coming from. These past few days, meeting my new students, I was better with that, and reminded myself that these students may have things going on at home that I don't know about. I think it's important to remember that and get to know them and their families.
One goal for the early childhood field would be to continue to work anti-bias curriculums into classrooms and centers, teaching children to be anti-bias and helping teachers handle bias/discomfort situations. I think this would truly help make our future and our world a better, more civil and understanding place.
I'd like to thank all of you for your kind words, feedback, questions, comments, and just sharing of thoughts, ideas and opinions. As always, I love learning from you and with you! 2 more classes to go!
Caitlin your hope and goal are very good. Considering where a child is coming from is very important for effective services. Continuation of anti-bias curriculums into classrooms and centers, are also very important. Thanks for sharing and thank you too for your immeasurable supports to me.
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DeleteHi Caitlin having a world field with understanding and peace would influence righteousness among all people. That is a wonderful goal for the ECE field and it is one that I would like to see manifest in the near future. Thank you for being so inspirational throughout this course and encouraging me to move forward. Wishing you the best of luck! Janella
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