Anti-Bias education in Action: The Early Years film showing on VASHON

17723 Vashon Highway Southwest,Vashon WA 98070

16 November, 2021

Description

Reflecting on Anti-Bias Education in Action the Early Years with Debbie LeeKeenan This film showing is funded by Vashon Early Learning Coalition a program of VYFS and educators on Vashon Island. We welcome Debbie LeeKeenan and John Nimmo authors of "Leading Anti-Bias Early Childhood Programs: A Guide for Change". Identity, diversity, justice, action. These are the four interwoven principles of anti-bias education that organize the powerful film Reflecting on Anti-Bias Education in Action: The Early Years. Centering diverse voices of teachers and students, this film brings viewers into early childhood classrooms to show what early childhood anti-bias teaching and learning look and sound like. How do we integrate children’s identities, languages, and cultures into the classroom? How can we talk about differences? What is fairness? How can we talk about unfairness? What can we do? As they model a variety of teaching strategies — read-alouds, self-portraits, choosing materials for and responding to dramatic play, interactions with persona dolls, open-ended conversations, facilitating student activism — the featured teachers offer rich examples of anti-bias curriculum, pedagogy, and teacher reflection. This excellent film, along with the accompanying facilitator and viewer guidebook, have the potential to transform early childhood and elementary teaching and learning.