Anti-Bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves, Second Edition

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By Louise Derman-Sparks and Julie Olsen Edwards

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Anti-Bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves, Second Edition offers practical guidance for educators committed to fostering inclusive and respectful early learning environments. It explores how to identify and challenge prejudice and bias related to personal and social identity, focusing on key themes such as identity, diversity, justice, and activism. Chapters address topics like culture, language, racial identity, family structures, gender identity, economic class, and abilities, providing a comprehensive approach to nurturing respect and understanding among children and staff.
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This book is ideal for early childhood educators, childcare providers, and education professionals dedicated to anti-bias teaching. It also serves as a valuable resource for those involved in diversity training and anyone interested in inclusive education practices for young children.

Anti-bias education begins with you! Become a skilled anti-bias teacher with this practical guidance to confronting and eliminating barriers.

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Becoming 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 importantly, 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.

Anti-Bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves, Second Edition by Louise Derman-Sparks and Julie Olsen Edwards offers this invaluable guidance, helping you to embark on this journey with confidence and knowledge.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781938113574

Publisher: National Association for the Education of Young Children

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 May 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: National Association for the Education of Young Children

Edition: 2nd New edition

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 215.0mm

Height: 279.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 224

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Education & Reference Julie Olsen Edwards Louise Derman-Sparks Non-Fiction

About the Author

Louise Derman-Sparks is an internationally respected anti-bias educator and author. She speaks throughout the United States and abroad. Louise has a lifelong commitment to building a more just society for all people. She was a Pacific Oaks College faculty member for 33 years-when its mission and pedagogy reflected anti-bias education principles. She served on the NAEYC Governing Board 1997 to 2001.

Julie Olsen Edwards began her early childhood education career working as a family child care provider. She worked for Head Start and taught in private and public preschools and elementary schools. For 38 years, Julie was on the faculty of Cabrillo College's early childhood education department, served as program chair, and was founding director of the campus Children's Center. A lifetime activist for children and families, she continues to write, teach, and consult on issues of equity, diversity, and anti-bias; emerging literacy; and family life and empowerment. She served on the NAEYC Governing Board from 2003 to 2007.