ECED& 355: Anti-Bias Education/Social & Political Context

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Class Program

Teaching BAS

Credits

Weekly Contact Hours

Course ID

092530

Meets Degree Requirements For

Social Science

Description

Students will deconstruct their own biases and reflect on biases present in the communities of practice and the system in which our children live. Students will apply the principles of anti-bias education to their instruction, and receive peer and instructor coaching to improve their responsiveness to cultural, linguistic and ability diversity. Students will discuss how embedded bias can impact identity development.

Grading Basis

Graded

Prerequisites

Admission into the BAS-Teaching Program and minimum 2.0 on all previous 300-level ECED and EDUC courses.

Course Learning Outcomes

Deconstruct own biases and reflect on biases present in the communities of practice and the system in which we live and work.

Reflect on one’s own personal, social, and cultural contexts, and identify on how these contexts affect teaching practice.

Explain how embedded bias can impact identity development.

Seek out people, experiences, research, and classroom resources to understand the strengths, accomplishments, and values of children’s families and neighborhoods and the history and values that form the context in which their children grow.

Articulate how family structure, culture, social, emotional, and political contexts may impact children’s and families’ participation in the educational setting.

Identify how systemic power, privilege, and oppression impacts early childhood educational systems and the individuals within those systems.

Identify inequalities in early learning settings and develop strategies for addressing them.

Core Topics

Aspects of diversity (race, gender, SES, family dynamic, ability, etc.)
Implicit Bias
Racism/microaggressions
Addressing inequity in the classroom
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