Leading Anti-Bias Early Childhood Programs
Teachers' College Press (Verlag)
978-0-8077-6852-5 (ISBN)
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This popular book focuses on the leader’s role in initiating and sustaining anti-bias education in programs for young children and their families. This second edition emphasizes how the journey requires thoughtful, strategic, long-term planning that addresses all components of an early childhood care and education program. The authors, who are recognized leaders and experts on anti-bias education with extensive experience as early childhood directors, use a powerful combination of frameworks and practical tools to explain the structural and individual changes that leaders must foster. This updated edition features anti-bias leaders from diverse settings who share their insights and strategies for working with teachers and families. It is essential reading for current and aspiring leaders seeking change in early childhood settings.
Book Features:
The principles and guidelines for program-wide transformation.
Professional development activities for teachers at all levels of awareness and experience in anti-bias education.
Approaches for engaging with families around social justice values.
Strategies for supporting and strengthening the leader’s ability to initiate and sustain anti-bias change.
Support for leaders in embracing and negotiating positive conflict and responding to opposition to anti-bias change.
Tools for documenting a program’s readiness for and progress in anti-bias education.
New for the Second Edition:
Voices and wisdom of additional leaders from the field, highlighting BIPOC center directors from diverse settings.
Updated research, references, and terminology on early childhood care, education leadership, and anti-bias education.
New and expanded strategies and activities for teacher professional development and family engagement based on 7 years of using the first edition.
Expanded section on responding to opposition to anti-bias education, addressing the current political environment.
Louise Derman-Sparks is an international consultant on anti-bias education and a professor emerita of Pacific Oaks College. Debbie LeeKeenan is a lecturer, consultant, and retired long-time director of the Eliot-Pearson Children’s School, Tufts University. John Nimmo is a professor of early childhood inclusive education at Portland State University and former laboratory school director.
Contents
Foreword Iheoma U. Iruka xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1
Organization of This Book 2
Meet the Authors and Contributors 5
1. Pursuing the Anti-Bias Vision: The Conceptual Framework 11
Revisiting Anti-Bias Education 11
Becoming an Anti-Bias Program 13
Changing Adult Consciousness and Behavior 15
Understanding the Phases of Adult Anti-Bias Development 18
Recognizing Contested Grounds for Anti-Bias Education 23
Anti-Bias Education—Within Reach 26
2. Best Practices of Early Childhood Program Leaders: The Foundation for Anti-Bias Leadership 29
Key Aspects of ECCE Program Leadership 30
Core Attributes of Effective ECCE Program Leaders 35
Professional Development of ECCE Program Leaders 37
Taking on the Challenge 38
3. Reading the Program and Preparing for Anti-Bias Change 39
Collecting Preliminary Impressions: Establishing a Baseline for Planning 40
Making Sense of the Baseline for Strategic Planning 48
Setting the Stage for Action 57
A Dynamic and Cyclical Process 59
4. Fostering Reflective Anti-Bias Educators 61
Building a Community of Anti-Bias Learners 62
Committing to an Anti-Bias Education Framework 70
Being a Lifelong Learner 81
5. Engaging Families and Growing Anti-Bias Partnerships 83
The Framework for Working With Families 83
Introducing Anti-Bias Values and Expectations 86
Family Anti-Bias Education and Dialogue 95
Promoting Family Partnership and Leadership 99
Making All Families Visible 104
6. Deepening and Sustaining Anti-Bias Awareness, Knowledge, and Skills 107
Enhancing the Professional Development of Anti-Bias Teachers 107
Facilitating Teachers’ Work With Families 120
Staff Development Throughout the Year 126
7. Managing and Negotiating Disequilibrium and Conflict 127
Understanding Conflict 128
Building the Foundation for Productive Conflict 134
Turning Conflict into Growth 137
Responding to Pushback and Opposition 145
Thoughtful Risk-Taking 148
8. Documenting and Assessing Anti-Bias Education Change 151
Reflections About Documentation in an Anti-Bias Program 153
Indicators and Strategies for Documenting Anti-Bias Change 154
Strategically Managing External Standards Requirements and Assessment Tools 170
Documentation and Empowerment 174
Epilogue: Sustaining the Anti-Bias Vision 177
Motivation Comes From Our Inner Core 177
“Man Man Lai”: Slowly It Will Come 179
Fostering a Community for Change 179
Staying Over the Long Haul 181
Carry on the Movement for Change 183
References 185
Index 195
About the Authors 207
| Erscheinungsdatum | 04.10.2023 |
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| Reihe/Serie | Early Childhood Education Series |
| Mitarbeit |
Herausgeber (Serie): Nancy File, Christopher P. Brown |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 318 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Vorschulpädagogik |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8077-6852-9 / 0807768529 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8077-6852-5 / 9780807768525 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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