One hope I have for all young children is that they develop a sense of tolerance toward diversity and learn to accept one another. I think that this is the only way our world will move in a more positive direction. In our Nation, it is critical that we help young children learn ways to be successful in a diverse society, and becoming comfortable with human differences is one way to encourage children to do that. I think a great goal for the early childhood field is to have every early childhood professional required to attend one professional development seminar on diversity and equity in the early childhood field every year. Over the last eight weeks, we explored how lack of knowledge or competency in terms of anti-bias education can do a disservice to young children. Requiring all professionals to begin their anti-bias journey through professional development is one way we can move our field in a more positive direction.
I want to thank all of my colleagues for your insights and sharing over the past eight weeks. It has been so valuable to hear all of your perspecctives and experiences and to relate them to mine. Learning about the ways other people live can help us develop a broader perspective, even when we listen to and have support from our own colleagues. I hope that we can continue to hold open lines of communication with one another as we move along in our program.
Hello Neisha, your right when it comes to having all Early Childhood Professional get involved in attending training that deals with equity and diversity, because we need to be able to teach our children on how to respect each others culture, and never be bias towards another group of people. I think a lot of teachers don't have enough training to teach children, and that's why it's important to get all the training we can, because equity and diversity is dealing with children and their families.
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