Leading Anti-Bias Early Childhood Programs

A Guide to Change, for Change

von Louise Derman-Sparks, Debbie Leekeenan, John Nimmo

224 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This popular book focuses on the leader's role in initiating and sustaining anti-bias education in programs for young children and their families. This second edition emphasizes how the journey requires thoughtful, strategic, long-term planning that addresses all components of an early childhood care and education program. The authors, who are recognized leaders and experts on anti-bias education with extensive experience as early childhood directors, use a powerful combination of frameworks and practical tools to explain the structural and individual changes that leaders must foster. This updated edition features anti-bias leaders from diverse settings who share their insights and strategies for working with teachers and families.Book Features:

- The principles and guidelines for program-wide transformation.- Professional development activities for teachers at all levels of experience.- Approaches for engaging with families around social justice values.- Strategies for strengthening the leader's ability to initiate and sustain anti-bias change.- Tools for documenting a program's progress in anti-bias education.

New for the Second Edition:

- Voices of additional leaders from the field, highlighting BIPOC center directors from diverse settings.- Updated research, references, and terminology.- Strategies and activities for teacher professional development and family engagement based on 7 years of using the first edition.- Expanded section on responding to opposition to anti-bias education, addressing the current political environment.

• ISBN: 9780807768525
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 27.10.2023
• Größe: 223 x 151 mm
• Verlag: Teachers College Press