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Diversity: Values and Risks
December 14, 2011
Start by doing what's necessary, then do what's possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
-St. Francis of Assisi
-St. Francis of Assisi
“The value of diversity lies in its recognition and welcoming of otherness, its resistance to any form of referential norm, and its insistence that there are alternative perspectives, other ways of understanding the world and practicing life. It creates space for the construction of individual, group and local values, identities, and knowledge. In education, valuing diversity enables a pedagogy of difference, the creation of new knowledge, and new thought through the provocation of an encounter with otherness. It is a profoundly democratic value, welcoming participation of all on their own terms and with their own perspectives.
"The risk of diversity lies in its possible reduction to a disconnected individualism or a group self-interest, which has no room for interdependence and relationships of responsibility for others, and no interest in the common good. A further risk arises from reducing opportunities for encounter, if different groups withdraw, or are pushed back into, their territory and selective or segregated institutions. Then diversity is a recipe for endless reproduction of values, identity, and culture.”
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Hearing Everyone's Voice is a collaborative manual which coordinates stories and songs around the tehem of building democratic community with young children. Democratic practice includes concerns of peace and justice, caring about and inclusion of others, relationships and power. Participation in this work crosses many barriers including age, ethnicity, class, culture, gender, and others as we do our best to learn from one another about hte many good wasy to really hear each other. This manual includes sections which contain theoretical discussions around children's social development, program ideas and strategies, children's issues in their own voices and images, obstacles for adults to overcome, and many resources including organizations, children's and adult books, video and audio resources, and an appendix with supplemental information and program examples. "Hearing Everyone's Voice is a MUST HAVE resource guide for adults filled with many practical straegies addressing how young people can learn to live together. Through examples of stories, music, poetry, cooperative games, and the integration of three curriculums - Peace Education, Anti-Bias/Diversity Awareness, and Democratic Practice - one has the rationale plus encouragement to put inot practices concepts of social equality." ~Marilyn Pearce, First Grade Teacher and Peace Camp Volunteer |
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