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ECE 405 Week 1 DQ 1 Commonly Held Beliefs and
Bias   Commonly Held Beliefs and Bias. Review the
questions, links and accompanying videos for the
Commonly Held Beliefs that Influence Teachers
Work with Diverse Students at http//www.tolerance
.org/tdsi/cb_intro. Which of the 13
misconceptions stand out for you as being
particularly important for you to recognize and
avoid as an early childhood educator? How can we
become more aware of our own hidden biases and
cultural assumptions when it comes to educating
children of different backgrounds? Respond to at
least two of your classmates postings.
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ECE 405 Week 1 DQ 2 Children and
Prejudice   Children and Prejudice. In Vivian
Gussin Paleys book, You Cant Say, You Cant
Play, a hierarchy of bosses and outcasts
emerges year after year in her classroom. What,
in your experience with children, determines this
hierarchy and how much of it is due to the
development of pre-prejudicial behavior in
children? Provide examples and then consider why
it is important to address this behavior earlier
rather than later. Would Vivian Gussins Paleys
rule have worked in the example you provide? Why
or why not? Respond to at least two of your
classmates postings.
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ECE 405 Week 2 DQ 1 Race Illusion vs.
Reality   Race Illusion vs. Reality. Review the
seven propositions including the accompanying
videos on Understanding the Influence of Race
(http//www.tolerance.org/tdsi/uir_intro). From
these links and videos, you will learn that much
of what we hold to be true about race is a social
construction, which has little connection to
human biology. Unfortunately this means children
of different races may face stereotypes based on
the way they look or speak. As an early childhood
educator, you will be in a unique position to
make an impact on children of all racial
backgrounds. Refer to the information provided in
the links as you consider the scenario below
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ECE 405 Week 2 DQ 2 Cultural Differences   Cultura
l Differences. On page 64, your text offers a
list of 13 childrearing patterns that differ
between cultures. These can create challenges for
educators when family structures and norms
conflict with the assumed norms of the school. In
the US, these are most often based on white,
middle-class cultural assumptions. Provide an
example from your own life or one in the media
where these values have led to conflict or
misunderstandings between the school and family.
How might the educator or school have responded
in a more culturally sensitive manner? Respond to
at least two of your classmates postings.
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ECE 405 Week 2 Exposure to Stereotypes   Exposure
to Stereotypes. Children are bombarded by racial,
cultural and gender stereotypes both within and
outside the classroom. Consider the movies,
television series and products (including toys
and videogames), which are marketed to young
children. Submit a 2-3 page paper (not including
title and reference page) arguing why you believe
the movie, television series or product chosen
taints childrens understanding of race, culture,
gender, and the message being conveyed. Include
the following in your argument
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ECE 405 Week 3 DQ 1 Second Language
Learners   Second Language Learners. Imagine that
you teach in a school where the majority of the
student population is English speaking, and there
is a growing a number of English language
learners. You are assigned to a first-grade
classroom where 60 of children speak English
only and the other 40 speak mostly Spanish with
varying levels of English. How will you approach
and organize this classroom? What challenges do
English language learners face? What challenges
will you face? How will foster a positive,
collaborative classroom community despite a
language barrier? Respond to at least two of your
classmates postings.
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ECE 405 Week 3 DQ 2 The Role of Families and
Communities in Culturally Relevant Anti-Bias
Education   The Role of Families and Communities
in Culturally Relevant Anti-Bias Education. Often
school attempts to connect with families fail.
One reason is that schools assume the role of
educator and expect families to go out of their
way to learn how they can help modify family
patterns to best suit the school environment.
However, a more effective way to connect to
families is for teachers to go out into the
communities they serve and learn more about
those communities.
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ECE 405 Week 3 The IRIS Center Module   The IRIS
Center Module. The IRIS Center is a national
center that aims to provide high quality
resources and training for educators. Go to
http//www.iriscenter.com/clde/chalcycle.htm.
Begin by selecting the Challenge balloon. Listen
to the Case study. Then select the Initial
Thoughts balloon. Focus on the question regarding
the level of involvement of Marias parents.
Continue on to the Perspectives and Resources
balloon (focusing on Page 3) and finally go to
the Assessment balloon. After completing the
module, submit a 2-3 page paper (not including
the title and reference page) which addresses the
cultural differences that exist between Maria,
Mr. Bennett and the school. Using at least one
external resource to help you better understand
Marias culture
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ECE 405 Week 4 DQ 1 Classroom Environments and
Learning   Classroom Environments and Learning.
Both your reading in Roots and Wings and the
lessons from Vivian Gussin Paleys book
demonstrate that classroom environments give
children and parents strong messages in the way
they are set up and decorated. Identify and
describe at least two ways you can structure and
design the classroom environment to enhance
anti-bias education and culturally relevant
learning. Provide specific examples and respond
to at least two of your classmates postings.
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ECE 405 Week 4 DQ 2 Multicultural
Literature   Multicultural Literature. There are
many different kinds of multicultural childrens
books. Choose one book from the titles presented
in your text. Read the book and provide a brief
summary of the story. Describe how the book
fosters one of the curriculum goals listed on
page 162 in your text. Be specific and give
examples related to the text to support your
thinking. Respond to at least two of your
classmates postings.
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ECE 405 Week 4 PowerPoint Presentation   PowerPoin
t Presentation. You will create an 8-10 slide
(not including the title and reference slide)
presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint. The
presentation should provide an overview of the
arguments, ideas, facts, and information students
will be applying to their final paper. The
information should be presented in a visually
compelling manner and discuss how the information
provided can be applied to the design and
development of multicultural, anti-bias
curriculum as future early childhood educators.
Please be aware that this presentation should not
simply be cut and paste from the actual paper and
should be tailored to share what you learned
about the group you are studying. The
presentation should
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ECE 405 Week 5 DQ 1 Evaluating Multiculturalism
in the Classroom   Evaluative Multiculturalism in
the Classroom. Teachers can be genuine in their
efforts to deliver a culturally-relevant and
anti-bias curriculum, but still fail to produce a
classroom where children are fully inclusive of
others and prejudice-free. What criteria will be
most important to you as you evaluate your
literature selections and activities in the
classroom for multicultural and anti-bias? What
behaviors will you be looking for in your
students that indicate your program has been
successful? How will your activities and
application of multicultural methods help to
teach children to be more inclusive? Discuss
specific criteria and appropriate strategies and
techniques that you will use in your own
classroom. Respond to at least two of your
classmates postings.
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ECE 405 Week 5 Final Paper   Focus of the Final
Paper This paper should be a combination of
philosophies, theories, and concepts learned and
how they apply to the early childhood classroom.
The primary focus will be on the
comprehensiveness of understanding the many
components that are necessary for the preschool
classroom. In a 4-6 page paper (not including the
title and reference page) respond to the
following situation You have just been hired to
teach pre-school children at an international
school. You will be teaching a diverse class of
3-5 year olds. Some will stem from white
backgrounds, but more than half the class will
come from diverse backgrounds which includes
Middle Eastern, Asian, African, Hispanic, Native
American, and European descent.
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