- One hope that I have is to be able to work with children and families who come from diverse backgrounds in a healthy way. I hope to empower them and be inclusive. I hope to learn from them and for them. I hope to make them a health part of our school community.
- One goal I would like to set for the early childhood field related to issues of diversity, equity, and social justice is to make some permanent changes to our literacy centers. My goal is to develop a library that is truly reflective of our school community. I would expect the library to show all types of cultural and linguistic groups.
- To all my colleagues - Thank you for coming and taking time to visit my blog and comment. I have learned a lot from you. Let's continue on this journey of progress and change so we can be the positive change for our children. Happy holidays.
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Friday, December 16, 2011
Start Seeing Diversity: What I have Learned
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Johan,
ReplyDeleteI love your post, we all must be willing to learn from others in order to be successful in this field, every child must have diversity in and outside of their home, in order to learn about themselves and others.
Good luck and best wishes!
Hi Johan,
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your hopes and goals, I loved reading them! Your goal for creating an inclusive literacy center is very doable and can make such a big difference. My eyes were really opened in this course as to how much books and the media subtly (and sometimes obviously) reinforce biases and stereotypes; simply strengthening and expanding our literacy centers and libraries would make such a big difference in helping represent and include more children and families. What a great idea! :) Happy holidays and best of luck to you!