I appreciate all of the feedback, comments, and discussions with classmates over the course of these past 8 weeks. Thank you all for sharing your thoughts, feelings, and ideas so openly. Goodluck in the next (or last!) course!
Friday, October 24, 2014
Reflecting
Over the past 8 weeks I feel I have learned a good bit about helping children develop positive attitudes towards diversity and learning how to have an anti-bias attitude. What hits home the most for me is helping children understand each other's differences in a respectful manner. We all have different cultures, lifestyles, and ways that we do things, and children need to have the confidence to know that their way is ok. They need to develop the empathy and understanding towards others, to help become anti-bias. My hope is that I can, through my daily work as a teacher, help guide children onto that path. If we start with young children now, we can hopefully have a much more understanding, empathetic, and productive world in 10 to 20 years, because these children will be confident in themselves and help build confidence in others as well, instead of trying to bring them down.
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Hello Caitlin!
ReplyDeleteI appreciate you insight and the fact that you are looking forward over the next two decades and the impact that anti-bias education will have on young children. Hopefully, through diversity and understanding, children and families will gain new insight. "Authentic anti-bias education includes diversity, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientations, special needs, and much more" (Jacobson, 2003, p. 6).
References
Jacobson, T. (2003). Confronting our discomforts: Clearing the way for anti-bias in early childhood. (1st ed.). Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Caitlin you your right, improving the children understanding, attitude and confidence now will really do a lot in our future society. The anti-bias work is our responsibility and we must perform it diligently. Thank you too, for your support throughout this course I appreciate.
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ReplyDeleteI like what you said about in the next 10 to 20 years having more empathetic and respectful adults because we are starting young. We all do have different lifestyles and traditions and sometimes it can be difficult to understand all of our differences. I hope as well to guide children towards respecting and supporting the uniqueness of others, knowing that we all have different ways of doing things and that is ok. Thank you for your insights and good luck in your future endeavors.