As I begin my exploration by looking at various organizations, agencies, and communities of practice that operate in my neighborhood, city, borough, county, and/or state; I take note at the missions statements and goals of each. Within these missions, I found myself immersed in the work that they do and learned so much about theContinue reading “Exploring Roles in the ECE Community: Local and State Levels”
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Practicing Awareness of Microaggressions
Microaggresions? What in the world does that mean? Microaggressions are “brief everyday indignities that are verbal, behaviors, or environmental.” They can be “intentionally or unintentionally communicated to women, people of color, to gay/lesbians that have an insulting message behind them that often times causes sever psychological distress and harm” (Laureate, 2011). Among these microagressions layContinue reading “Practicing Awareness of Microaggressions”
Play-Based Learning
“In play a child always behaves beyond his average age, above his daily behaviour; in play it is as though he were a head taller than himself” (… Play-Based Learning
Perspectives on Diversity and Culture.
An effective method to deepen one’s grasp of any topic is to listen to and then reflect on those ideas (Laureate, 2011). This week, I was provided the opportunity to ask other people what they think about diversity and culture. Below are their responses: Jewandra Rawls, Ph. D in Developmental Specialists – Age 52 “CultureContinue reading “Perspectives on Diversity and Culture.”
Bridging the Gap in Early Childhood Education 