One hope that you have when you think about working with children and families who come from diverse backgrounds (any format and any length)
I hope to continue on my own personal journey of acceptance and anti-bias education to help foster these ideals and values among children and families.
One goal you would like to set for the early childhood field related to issues of diversity, equity, and social justice (any format and any length)
It is my hope that one day all children and families are treated with social justice and equity regardless of their social identities. I know that is a large hope, but if every early childhood educator cared enough to work towards this goal and we began teaching this from an early age and other educators continued through the education cycle that we would raise an accepting and tolerant society.
A brief note of thanks to your colleagues
I have truly enjoyed this class. I want to thank everyone for all their wonderful postings and ideas. These thoughts have challenged me to become more of a critical thinker.
It sounds like an initial goal to work towards is just getting all the teachers through the cycle on board with equity. Can you imagine if just one teacher in each grade was devoted to diversity and equity and the most vulnerable children had these teachers how much of a difference it would make to those children?!
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Thank you for your insights and goals for young children. I think it is very important to include all young children and it does not matter where they are from or what class they rank, all children need an education.
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