What I have Learned

 

 

One hopes that I have when I think about working with children and families that I can teach them to respect and to treat everyone equally. I would hope that I could teach the children that even though we do not look, act, or have different ways we live that we all are and want the same thing in life, to feel accepted for who we are. That being different is what makes them and others unique. I also hope that just because someone comes from a different background that I do not judge them unfairly. Children are the hope for the future and I want to be the one who starts them off in the right direction.

 The one goal you would like to set for the early childhood field related to issues of diversity, equity, and social justice is that all educators especially teachers in the ECE field is that they all should have taken classes on all these issues. If we can learn and teach ourselves how to deal with these issues than we can teach these to our children the world would be a better place.  I would like for the whole Early Childhood field to accept people for who they are and to urge them to promote anti-bias curriculum equality for all.

Finally has these 8 weeks come to an end I would like to say Thank You to Dr. Kein and all of my colleagues. You all have made this course a very informative learning experience. I have learned much about myself and how to work and teach anti-bias and diversity to my students. I could not have made it through this course without all the encouragement and the wonderful ideas from the discussions and blogs. I wish you all much happiness and luck has you continuing your life journeys.

 

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