Personal Side of Bias , Perjudice , and Oppression

Personal Side of Bias , Perjudice , and Oppression



Memory of an bias, prejudice, and or oppression:

I was working at my old job and my co-worker stated that she like light skin children than dark skin children  and at my current job when my co-worker stated that she like mix race children. She also stated that mix race children are beautiful.

I feel that this diminished equity. I feel it diminished equity in that it was saying that children of different color and better than other.
Feelings brought up: I was embarrass that they said and  ashamed of them for treating the children like that.

In order to turn this into an opportunity for greater equity I would have send them to diversity training before they enter the classroom.

Practcing Awareness of Mircoaggressions

Practicing Awareness of Mircoaggressions

I remember when I work at after school program the children was talking about singing voice. Over the summer the children did performed Beauty and The Beast. The child that play Belle sound it white but she was black and one of the boys said you sound white where is soul at. The microaaggression that happen was stereotype.  I could not believe that children at this age all ready are forming stereotype about each other. I talk to the child and explain to him that every body dose not sound the same and everybody voice is beautiful in their own way.  I also learn this week about shunning with culture. For example is your have a mental illness in the Asian culture they shunned you the do not talk to you at. I had parent that was shunned because she suffer from mental illness and only one parent speck to her. The rest of the parent look but don’t say nothing to her.

 

From this experience I found out that children form stereotype are early age. We as teacher should show children the good in everybody. The more they are expose to different culture the more they will learn that everybody is different. I also feel that in  culture when do not accept the difference in people.

My Family Culture

My Family culture


A description of three items you would choose

My music  collection  

 

My Try God Necklace






My family Photos

 

How you would explain to others what each of these items  means to you

In my music collection I have over 5000 cd . My music collection is my escape  from world.

My Try God Necklace  is piece  of jewelry that my mother gave me . It remind me of her love for me.

 My family photos are picture of my family member that are important to me.

My feels for give up two items upon arrival is easy I would let go my music  collection and family photo. My music collection can be replace. My family photo can be replace in my  memory . I like to remember people the way they were.  The one items that I am keeping is my Try God Necklace  because it is what keep me going though the day.


The insight I gain my doing this assignment was that I learn how my parents feel when the came to this country and left everything behind to come here.  For example I had a parent who left her daughter in Ecuador with mom . She had not seen her daughter since she left to come America . I had a lot of parents that left family  member in their country. So do go back and see them  but most of the do not . This experience got me to think about having to come to new place with nothing  and not knowing any body and try to make.

When I Think of Research

When I Think of Research

When I started this class , I had so many topic run through mind that would like write about. After the first week in the class I realized that is course was different from my previous research class.   The biggest challenge for me applying all that learn to my  simulation  research. In taking this course, now  more aware of what goes on in children research. I learn so much from this class about research  that now I have better understand of it .

 

To all of my colleagues thank you for sharing their insight over the past eight weeks. I learned something new from each of you.

Research Around the World

I decide to explored  the website of Early Childhood Australia in order to examine the research topic  in that part of the world. These are the topic I pick



1. Professional  partnership in children's services: Working together for children
2. Learning and teaching through play
3. Partnership: Working together in early childhood setting
4. Secure transition:  Supporting children to feel secure , confident and included


 I gain new insight of the different topic  especially  the  spirituality  of the children. I found this topic very interesting I would learned more about this topic. The topic of spirituality is not talk about in mainstream childcare.  Also the research topics  in Australia are some of the same topic we are researching in the United States. It was good to see what the world research topic are and how the related to children around world.

Research that Benefits Children and Families

Research that Benefits Children  and Families

 If I possessed the means and the knowledge to conduct research studies on any topic in the early childhood field I wound conduct more research autism and why some children get and some do not. Especially in the Asian children.  I work at my center four years and at least five children have been diagnosed with some form of autism. There is are many research studies  being done on autism. all  research being done on autism is help children and families.  Every year  autism research  come out with that benefit children and families.   App on IPhone and android  phone that help children communicate their feeling and wanted I used this app with my families and they said it work for them the different app for Autism. Over all autism will continue to be research  because more children are being diagnosed with it  and it is on the forefont   in early childhood education.

Your Personal Research Journey

Your Personal  Research Journey

The subtopic I chose for my research simulation  is dual language learner, and how did it effect children ,families and teacher. I chose this topic because the demographic are changing in the classroom. Now we having more families with different culture background come into the field of early childhood.  As a teacher I have to accept families and children at their level.  I hope by do this topic I will learned some techniques that will help me with children and families that English is their second language.  I looking forward  to exploring topic so I can grow as teacher.