Anti Bias Education

Throughout this term I learned so much about young children, anti-bias education, developmental growth and so much more. Education is something that shouldn’t be taken lightly; these are development steps of a young child that could help determine their future. Children need to be guided emotionally, academically, mentally and emotionally. Parents teach their children practices and their beliefs to help the child get ready for the world. Parents and teacher should always be involved in a child's learning process, despite of their values or beliefs. Everyone cultures are different, and how they expect their children to behave is different too. As adults, and teachers, we can’t have a set mindset on what we only believe in because, there is always

Family’s beliefs and values may be different for some and in other cultures they may not be accepted. As teachers, we have to learn about different cultures and expand our knowledge so families could feel more accepted. In the book, Anti- Bias Education for young children and ourselves by Louise Derman-Sparks & Julie Olsen Edwards, talks about how culture and fairness involves two dimensions, children’s development of a positive culture, identity, and their respectful interactions with other cultures. With these two dimensions, it will help the child to continue to express their home culture at school while learning the different cultures at school with their classmates. They learn about what’s right from wrong, how to dress, and talk

They have strong religious orientation, strong since of pride but don’t like to admit when they need help. The poverty most Black Americans cultures have impacts education and self-esteem. Children who are living in a household with low-income and living in poverty are more at risk of illnesses and poor diet. Only people who are like this are Black, Indian and Latino shown on the table (“Children Living in Poverty”) on page 101. Latino has 63% of children living in poverty from birth to age 6, along with African American being 64% and American Indian being 68%. There are so many people who lives poorly and work very hard and still remains poor, there’s adults in each household who works more than one job just to make ends meet. In fact, such ‘working poor” families make up the largest proportion of low-income families with children (Wolpert 2005 N.P). Black families teach their children to always have respect for others and themselves and to always listen. Black American cultures take education as a serious thing because they want to see their child have a successful future without being looked at as a statistic. It states in reports that Black students does not do as well in school like White students due to lack of living and low- income families. Only people who are like this are Black, Indian and Latino shown on the table (“Children Living in Poverty”) on page 101. Latino has 63% of