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ECE 405 Week 1 DQ 1 Commonly Held Beliefs and
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ommonly 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 For
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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. a
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ECE 405 Week 2 DQ 1 Race Illusion vs. Reality For
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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
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ECE 405 Week 2 DQ 2 Cultural Differences For more
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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
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ECE 405 Week 2 Exposure to Stereotypes For more
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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 For
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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
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com 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
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ECE 405 Week 3 The IRIS Center Module For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com 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
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ECE 405 Week 4 DQ 1 Classroom Environments and
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om 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 For
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ral 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 For more
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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
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ECE 405 Week 5 DQ 1 Evaluating Multiculturalism
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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
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ECE 405 Week 5 Final Paper For more classes
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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
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