Anti-bias Curriculum [WLOs: 1, 2] [CLOs: 2, 4]
As an early childhood development professional, it is crucial that you build and maintain culturally relevant, anti-bias learning settings. There are four goals of anti-bias education, and these provide a framework for your work with children. For this discussion, you will read several case studies about different children and their families and identify ways to create culturally relevant, anti-bias learning opportunities for them.
Four Instructional Goals of Culturally Relevant, Anti-Bias Instruction
Goals Description
Goal 1Each child will demonstrate self-awareness, confidence, family pride, and positive social identities.
Goal 2Each child will express comfort and joy with human diversity; accurate language for human differences; and deep, caring human connections.
Goal 3Each child will increasingly recognize unfairness, have language to describe unfairness, and understand that unfairness hurts both the recipient and the perpetrator.
Goal 4Each child will demonstrate empowerment and the skills to act, with others or alone, against prejudice and/or discriminatory actions.
Source: Adapted from Derman-Sparks, L., & Edwards, J. O. (2019). Anti-bias education for young children and ourselves. Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children.
To prepare for this discussion,
- Read Chapter 3: The Foundations of a Culturally Relevant, Anti-Bias Instruction in your course text. Refer to Table 3.1.
- Read Understanding Anti-Bias Education: Bringing the Four Core Goals to Every Facet of Your CurriculumLinks to an external site..
- Review the ECD 336 Children and Families in a Diverse Society: ScenariosLinks to an external site..
- Based on your last name, focus on the following scenario:
- A–F: Joseph
In your initial post,
- Describe your assigned scenario and highlight 3–4 diverse contextual factors that are unique to the child and their family.
- Create one classroom activity to align with one of the Four Goals of Antibias Instruction (Table
- 3.1) specifically designed for your assigned scenario. It should have the following details:
- The title of the activity
- The age the activity is intended for
- A description of the purpose, or goal, of the activity
- An explanation of the steps necessary to complete the activity
- Describe exactly how the activity aligns with one of the Four Goals of Anti-bias Instruction.
