Early Childhood Education -Video Resources
Early Childhood Education -Open For Antiracism (OFAR)
Overview
It is often challenging to find educational video and video clips that can be incorported in an Early Childhood Education Course that prepares future educators working with children. This resources provides a collection of videos that educators can use in a college course to spark conversations about working with children.
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Early Childhood Education - Video's to be used in a college course
Action Plan
OER help broaden my information and resources to better prepare and engage with students. Shared resources that help engage learners and educators as we work together to create new ideas, thoughts and resources.
Course Description
CD 42 – TEACHING IN A DIVERSE SOCIETY
Units: 3
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Students examine the development of social identities in diverse societies including theoretical and practical implications affecting young children, families, programs, teaching, education, and schooling. Culturally relevant and linguistically appropriate anti-bias approaches supporting all children in becoming competent members of a diverse society. The course involves self-reflection of one's own understanding of educational principles in integrating anti-bias goals in order to better inform teaching practices and/or program development.
Course Objectives:
Students will demonstrate that they can:
- Compare the historical and current perspectives involving diversity and inclusion and their impacts on children's identity development and learning.
- Differentiate between various sources of diversity.
- Identify and explore the overlapping influence on cultural identity and various "isms" as they relate to children, families, and early childhood settings.
- Evaluate inclusive classroom environments, materials and approaches for developmental, cultural, and linguistic appropriateness.
- Demonstrate strategies for helping children negotiate and resolve conflicts with a focus on using anti-bias approaches in the classroom.
- Create curriculum materials and tools reflecting elements of diversity (Children's books, persona doll, etc.).
- Identify and assess the overt and covert ways in which stereotypes and prejudice are learned.
- Critically examine societal and personal attitudes relating to the understanding of race, gender, social class, age, and special needs through child interviews.
- Explore and assess the overlapping issues of Racism, Sexism, Classism, and ethnocentrism as they relate to children and to early childhood settings.
- Distinguish between and compare a variety of curriculum strategies that foster an appreciation of diversity and multi-cultures.
- Develop practices that promote a positive, knowledgeable, and confident self-identity of a child within a cultural context.
- Plan classroom environments, materials and approaches to effectively promote pride in one’s own identity and delight and respect for social diversity.
- Design a classroom environment and relational curriculum that meets the needs of individual children and the various backgrounds of those children through learning centers, children’s literature, music, media, and visual displays.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOME (SLO)
After this course students will be able to:
After completing a social identity portrait, the student will evaluate the impact of personal experiences and social identity on teaching effectiveness.
- The student will create and implement an early childhood education cultural celebration reflecting anti-bias principles.
- Students will assess the components of linguistically and culturally relevant, inclusive, age appropriate, anti-bias approaches and materials in promoting optimum learning and development
- Students will critically examine societal and personal attitudes, beliefs, values, assumptions and biases about culture, language, identity, family structures, ability, socioeconomic status, and other issues influenced by systemic oppression.
Antiracist Assignment / Module
Bias is not just a police problem it is also a early education problem. This module contains videos that can be used in the early childhood education courseroom to stimulate discussions of equity, access,and bias. In addition, it is important for children to see themselves in the classroom to ensure that they feel welcomed in the environment so children books are also included in this module which is just a collection of videos.