The Personal Side of Bias, Prejudice, and Oppression

One hope that I have when I think about working with children and their families who come from diverse backgrounds is that they feel welcome and accepted in my classroom. I also hope we can build a positive relationship, keep an open line of communication, and work together. All of these things will come together to benefit the child. 

One goal I would like to set for the early childhood field related to issues of diversity, equity, and social justice is to promote diversity more in my classroom through classroom activities and books. I would like to build my classroom library and add more books about diversity and diverse characters. I would also like to incorporate diversity lessons through read alouds, videos, virtual field trips, and maybe even a culture or country of the week. These would all be great ways to teach children about diversity, differences, and others. These would also be ways for children to have a better understanding of others. 

I enjoyed this course and learning more/expanding my knowledge about diversity. I also enjoyed the discussion posts with Dr. Dartt. We shared a lot of personal experiences and opinions about various topics.