I
want to give to the children the best I can, to become the best Anti-Bias
teacher to have the knowledge the skills the love ,care ,patience, and passion
to help children growth in a healthy environmentfor their good development. I want children
in my class to feel happy, secure to be
proud of themselves, to respect and accept to others and being more humans,to speak up and to have the strength ,and skills
to learn and thrive and succeed.
“All children are created whole endowed
with innate intelligence, with dignity and wonder, worthy of respect. Every
girl and boy is entitled to love, to dream, and belong to a loving “village”,
and to pursue a life of purpose.”( Derman-Sparks, L., Olsen Edwards 2010.)
I wantto said thank you to each of my colleges that share this class ,I
appreciate your comments, your support, your knowledge, feedback. I learned
more every day about your experience, your thoughts. Keep going we can d a
better world without Bias, and is in our hands to give the best to the whole
children, support, love and care, hug, smile and be patience. All of you are
unique and we make the difference in each individual children. Good luck to
everyone!
References:
Derman-Sparks, L., Olsen Edwards (2010). Anti-Bias Education for
Young Children and Ourselves
I chose
Viet Nam, In Viet Nam, there are about 1.3 million children with
disabilities, according to the most recent official estimates. In Da Nang,Viet-Nam there is a center that helps children with
disabilities, where children are learning to write and read, here they learn
basic skills in a friendly and protective environment, and they socialize with
others and also received physical therapist. How important is to help children
and support to them, I found this article interesting children could learn if
we help, and care them with love and patience thinking in their needs.
“Like
all children, those with disabilities have many abilities, but are often
excluded from society by discrimination and lack of support, leaving them among
the most invisible and vulnerable children in the world.”
In
Da Nang, Viet Nam, a UNICEF-supported centre for children with disabilities
helps provide new opportunities through education, training and therapy.
Unicef is working with governments
to insure children with disabilities enjoy the same right with their peers.
In this center, children like school and they
said they learn how to write,” Says 9-year-old Pham Van Trung, who has
difficulty hearing and speaking, he is also learning sign language.
Children in this center have
an equal chance to learn. “But it is not limited to teaching new skills – it
also allows the children a rare opportunity to socialize with others living
with disabilities and to express themselves in a supportive setting.” Parents know
that their children and in a safe and nurturing environment.
“Before
coming here, I only stayed home. I helped my parents with house work and took
care of my siblings,” explains Ho Thi Lang, who is just over one meter tall and
has a hunchback. “Now that I go to the centre, I communicate with people. I
have friends and I feel more confident.” This is a good example that children
in this center feel secure, respected and support for teachers and other
children. And for this reason children could work and development in a better
way learning in a healthy environment of love and care.
“We have disabilities. It
doesn’t mean that we are useless. We may even be able to do what other people
cannot do.”Ho thi Lang.
Is important to fight to discrimination
and recognize de right of all children, be more inclusive stop seeing
disabilities before seeing the person. It time to be more humans to give love, patient,
support and care for children with disabilities they need us, and we could make
a difference in their life’s. Sometimes a smile, a hug an expression of love could
make a difference in children with disabilities.
I think
now children are growing in a sexualized environment, at media TV, shows them
products that are for boys or girls, commercial culture bombard children with
graphic sexual images, and this type of information the children can understand,
and sometimes confused to them. “For instance, younger children have Bratz dolls, which
surpassed the sales of Barbie dolls in 2006, and Star Wars action
figures, which experience an explosion of sales of highly realistic violent
toys every time a movie is released. So
girls learn about how sexy is her appearance, and boys learn how strong they
are to fight.”( Levin, D. E., & Kilbourne,
J. 2009) They learn at a
very young age that their value is determined by how beautiful, thin, “hot,”
and sexy they are. And boys, who get a very narrow definition of masculinity
that promotes insensitivity and macho behavior, are taught to judge girls based
on how close they come to an artificial, impossible, and shallow ideal.
These lessons can seriously harm their
ability to grow up to have healthy attitudes about themselves and their bodies
and to have caring relationships in which sex is an important part.
·We can help children feel safe talking to us
,is important to guide them in a correct way, asking questions, clear their
confusions.
·Worktogether with parents to support children
with issues of early sexualization.” is good for parents and schools to give
them honest and age-appropriate information.”( Levin,
D. E., & Kilbourne, J. 2009.)
·“Provide models of caring and affectionate
intimate relationships in our own families.”( Derman-Sparks,
L., & Olsen-Edwards, J. (2010). Pag.96)
References:
Levin, D. E., & Kilbourne, J. (2009). [Introduction]. So
sexy so soon: The new sexualized childhood and what parents can do to protect
their kids (pp. 1-8). New York: Ballantine Books. Retrieved from: http://dianeelevin.com/sosexysosoon/introduction.pdf
Derman-Sparks, L., & Olsen-Edwards, J. (2010). Anti-Bias
Education for young children and ourselves.
As an Early childhood Professional I had some experience of having child of different countries in my class. Learning about different cultures helps me in understand in a better way each child. I think being a teacher is more than teach just A,B,C is giving your time in think and feel what children are feeling, is important to have good communication with them to foster good relationships. Is being a support for their needs, and also teach respect and values that we need to have with others. ”According to Cushner and Brennan (2007), cultural competence is required to be an effective educator. "Teachers who are culturally competent," they argue, "understand cultural traditions that extend beyond the borders of the United States, can communicate across cultural, and have the expertise prepare learners for living and working in the global community" (p. 10). - See more at: http://www.globalteachereducation.org/global-competence#sthash.d6ZOUAUZ.Udq7BGf0.dpuf
Respecting, Respond and Relationships, is how we need to work every day in our work with children, respect to them, responding is having a good communication with their needs, and finally build relationships to help them in their good development. Is time to take equal pride in breaking all the barriers, sexist is a thing of the past; women are actually now advantage in our society. Children need to know that women’s could be doctors, that man could help in house work, like cooking. Children begin to have their identity when they have 3 years, at this time they learn and absorbs everything like sponges, so negative stereotypes can impede cognitive performance in adults. So is important to be a good role model and always help and give to the children better way to understand that gender is not about what you dress, we need to have a good manner for guide children. Educators need to give children ways to develop anti bias attitude, learn to think critically and speak up if they know something is unfair. If I am imagine that I’m an early childhood professional who I’m experiencing one or more of the "-isms" in my personal life, I think for me a person that grows in an environment of love an good care where my parents and teachers gave to me, the necessary tools that I need to grow and succeed later in life. I think it will be more easy for me because I know how to solve problems and I know and learn about bias. I’m a person who speaks up, and I treat people the same as I want to be treated, not be prejudiced, not hurting others, understand their feelings, and respect to them.”The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives “Anthony Robbins. References: Derman-Sparks, L., & Olsen Edwards, J. (2010). Anti-bias education for young children and ourselves. Washington, D.C. ttp://www.globalteachereducation.org/global-competence
viernes, 24 de enero de 2014
Observing Communication
My
observation was at the park a mother of a 4 years boy ,I saw that they was
laughing , she toke the hand of his son and she said : we are ready to go to the
slide, it will be funny, lets go. They begin to run, the boy said “I’m not
scared if you come with me”, his mother said it just a small slide and if you
trust in yourself ,is ok, is just a slide nothing to be scared you can do it .
Then they went together and his mother said I ‘m wait for you
here, it will be really funny. The boy decided to slide and he did it. He
hug his mother and he wants to do it again, he was very happy .
Is important to always listen, to others want to communicate, to be a
good support for them, and give positive messages. Sometimes people need a hug,
a kiss, a motivation, so is very important to used our gestures to communicate
in a better way.
Communicate in an effective
way:
·Is important to communicate with respect,
”smile, as you speak or when you speak using a particular tone or volume.”( O'Hair, D., & Wiemann, M.
2012. pag128).
Not use offensive words, questions, and be a good listener.” listening helps us
achieve our most basic human need. to understand and be understood.”( O'Hair, D., & Wiemann, M.
2012. pag158).
·For me is important to have a good
communication with others specially with the children and parents to foster
good relationships with them in the future. Always be open, and be a good
listener, respect our differences, and try to understand to others, be a good
support, and not hurt with offensive words ,not labeling to people.
“When you take the time to actually listen,
with humility, to what people have to say, it’s amazing what you can learn.
Especially if the people who are doing the talking also happen to be children.”
Greg
Mortenson.
References:
O'Hair, D., & Wiemann, M. (2012). Real
communication: An introduction. New York: Bedford/St. Martin
I wantthat in my center care, children grow up in a place where they feel
valued and respected. Teach children to think critically and to being
more human. We want Children to feel secure and independent , with a high
self-esteem, and with positive attitude, and always being secure on themselves.
A class clean, safe, and should have the necessary material:
Books that contain diversity pictures of
families.
A mirror for them to explore their physical
selves, to investigate similar and differences.
Magazines, to use for projects about
dress, background, religions, etc.
In the dramatic play: a variety of
utensils like forks, chopsticks, wooden bowls, variety of fruits. Clothes of
different cultures and music instruments too.
To play together and share in an environment of love, care and respect.
Label the class in other languages, of
the children in our class.
Images of men and woman in
non-stereotypical roles: male’s dancer, female doctors.
·Is important to use an appropriate
language: used words like people of color, disabled people, wheel-chair users,
caregivers, and the person in charge.
·“Relationships and interactions with
children and families, the visual and material environment, and the daily
curriculum all come together to create the anti-bias learning community.”(Louise Derman -Sparks 2010.pag
51)
