Anti-bias curriculum : tools for empowering young children

Derman-Sparks, Louise. (Author). Anti-Bias Curriculum Task Force (Calif.) (Added Author).

Summary: Found it invaluable in helping me create a classroom that tangibly respected the diversity of our families (chapter 2, "Creating an Anti-Bias Environment" was especially helpful with this task). When I first came upon the book I was well versed in helping children develop high self-esteem, but this book helped me realize that sometimes that positive identity is based on ethnocentrism or stereotyping.

Record details

ISBN: 093598920X
ISBN: 9780935989205
Physical Description: print
x, 149 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Association for the Education of Young Children, ©1989.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"A 1988-1989 comprehensive membership benefit."
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-140).
Formatted Contents Note:	Why an anti-bias curriculum? -- Creating an anti-bias environment -- Beginnings: working with 2-year-olds -- Learning about racial differences and similarities -- Learning about disabilities -- Learning about gender identity -- Learning about cultural differences and similarities -- Learning to resist stereotyping and discriminatory behavior -- Activism with young children -- Holiday activities in an anti-bias curriculum -- Working with parents -- Getting started: a self-education guide.