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Celebrating vs. Learning
July 31, 2014
It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
-Aesop

In their book, Anti-Bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves, Louise Derman-Sparks and Julie Edwards comment on the difference between celebrating holidays and learning about holidays...

"Celebrating a holiday engages children in holiday activities as full-fledged participants, as if they accepted the holiday's underlying purpose and meaning the way that those who regularly celebrate it do.  Celebrating a religiously based holiday is only appropriate in faith-based programs in which the holiday is part of a belief system shared by every family....  Celebrating a secular holiday is only appropriate when all families' perspectives on that holiday are considered and addressed.

In contrast, learning about a holiday means teaching children about what the holiday means to the cultural and religious groups who honor it and the various ways these groups choose to celebrate it.  With preschool-age children, the focus is on how the different families (or the community) choose to celebrate specific holidays."

 

 

 

 





Reflecting on Anti-bias Education in Action DVD and Guidebook

Reflecting on Anti-bias Education in Action: The Early Years features vignettes of anti-bias strategies in early childhood classrooms interspersed with teachers reflecting on their practice. By taking viewers into diverse early childhood classrooms, the film seeks to demonstrate the importance of teacher reflection on identity, context, and practice in anti-bias education and provides a much-needed resource for teacher education and professional development.

 

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