Description
Book SynopsisBecoming a skilled anti-bias teacher is a journey. With this volume’s practical guidance, you’ll grow in your ability to identify, confront, and eliminate barriers of prejudice, misinformation, and bias about specific aspects of personal and social identity. Most important, you’ll find tips for helping staff and children learn to respect each other, themselves, and all people. Over the last three decades, educators across the nation and around the world have gained a wealth of knowledge and experience in anti-bias work. The result is a richer and more nuanced articulation of what is important in anti-bias education. Revolving around four core goals—identity, diversity, justice, and activism—individual chapters focus on culture and language, racial identity, family structures, gender identity, economic class, different abilities, and more.
Trade Review“I welcome this new edition of
Anti-Bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves because we are still learning exactly how to support all children and families. This book is a master class on our professional responsibilities to lead issues of identity, diversity, justice, and activism.” —Valora Washington, CEO, Council for Professional Recognition
“Every early childhood educator needs to read this book. And we probably need to re-read it every year. Let’s talk about it with our colleagues. Let’s put it into practice. It is our professional responsibility to internalize the content and bring it to life every single day.” —Megan Pamela Ruth Madison, Trainer, Center for Racial Justice in Education & New York Early Childhood Professional Development Institute
“This book urges us to examine how we’re creating equitable and anti-bias educational experiences for young children. From cover to cover, it features voices from the field, real classroom scenarios, and resources that propel us towards action!” —Tonia Durden, Clinical Associate Professor, Georgia State University
Table of Contents
- Foreword: Welcome to the Journey
- Introduction: A Few Words About This Book
- Chapter 1: Anti‑Bias Education and Why It Matters
- Chapter 2: Constructing and Understanding Social Identities and Attitudes: The Lifelong Journey
- Chapter 3: Building an Anti‑Bias Education Program: Curriculum Principles and the Learning Environment
- Chapter 4: Building an Anti‑Bias Education Program: Clarifying and Brave Conversations with Children
- Chapter 5: Building an Anti‑Bias Education Program: Relationships with Families and Among Teachers and Staff
- Chapter 6: Fostering Children’s Cultural Identities: Valuing All Cultures
- Chapter 7: Learning About Cultural Diversity and Fairness: Exploring Differences and Similarities
- Chapter 8: Learning About Racialized Identities and Fairness
- Chapter 9: Learning About Gender Diversity and Fairness
- Chapter 10: Learning About Economic Class and Fairness
- Chapter 11: Learning About Different Abilities and Fairness
- Chapter 12: Learning About Who Makes Up a Family and Fairness
- Carry It On: A Letter to Our Readers
- Checklist for Assessing the Visual Material Environment
- Glossary
- References
- About the Authors
- Index (available online only)
