Start Seeing Diversity: The Basic Guide to an Anti-bias Classroom

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Redleaf Press, 1999 - Education - 144 pages
Covers the anti-bias curriculum used at the Washington-Beech Community Preschool. Part 1 gives a summary of the 4 goals of an anti-bias approach and 8 underlying assumptions. Part 2 contains individual sections that address 6 specific areas of bias: age, gender, sexual orientation, economic class, physical abilities, and physical characteristics. Each section provides several concrete examples of the ways that bias comes up in a classroom, as well as strategies to support children's development of strong self and group identities, their ability to recognize and think critically about bias, and their capacity to stand up for themselves and others.

Contents

Leading Difficult Discussions
4
Eight Guiding Assumptions
17
General Discussion Questions for Sections on Biases
35
Putting It All Together
79
B Ten Quick Ways to Analyze Childrens Books
101
F Resources for an AntiBias Approach
117
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