Saturday, June 27, 2015

Reflecting on Learning

My most passionate hope for my future as an early childhood professional is to apply all that I have learned when situations come up.  I hope that I will be able to think back and recall the details about how to foster anti-bias strategies in children.  I hope to be patient and listen to families when they voice their concerns.  I hope to help children and families think about things differently if they hold biased beliefs.  It can be difficult to stay calm when negative views or behavior is exhibited against a person or a group because of their differences and I hope to be able to remain calm and speak with them in a more productive anti-biased way instead of react defensively.  For the children and families that I work and will work with, I hope to be a trusted source of support and I also hope to learn from them as well.  


I want to say thanks to my colleagues for your stories and insights.  The most important part of anti-bias and diversity work is learning from others.  Hearing your thoughts and your experiences has helped me see the many sides to the topics we discussed.  I wish you all the best and hope to see you again in the next course.

1 comment:

  1. Hi Rosana,
    I too hope to apply all that I've learned about anti-bias education in the classroom. I've only known you for a short period of time, but I think that you'll remain calm and do fine in helping your children and their families address bias and equity issues. Thank you for sharing your stories and insights. I wish you all the best in your career and future endeavors. I hope to see you in the next class as well.

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