Anti-Bias Education in the Early Childhood Classroom

212 Pages·2017·1.42 MB·English

by  Katie Kissinger

Anti-Bias Education in the Early
Childhood Classroom
Anti-Bias Education in the Early Childhood Classroom provides a useful, clearly
outlined guide for implementing anti-bias and anti-oppression practices in early
childhood education settings. Throughout the book, you’ll find:
Stories from the field
Strategies for keeping teaching practices in touch with growing social
justice movements
Tasks and questions to spark your professional growth in this important
area
Katie Kissinger uses her personal experience as a longtime educator to highlight
both the challenges and the potential for transformative learning in the anti-bias
classroom, and gives other teachers the tools they need to create classrooms that
welcome all students and families.
Katie Kissinger is an educator, author, and activist for social change. She has
been teaching children and adults from an anti-bias/anti-oppression perspective
for 30 years. She works as an Adjunct College Instructor and an Education
Consultant for Social Justice. She is the author of the bestselling children’s book
All the Colors We Are: The Story of How We Get Our Skin Color.
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Anti-Bias Education in the Early
Childhood Classroom
Hand in Hand, Step by Step
Katie Kissinger
First published 2017
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Kissinger, Katie, 1951-author.
Title: Anti-bias education in the early childhood classroom : hand in hand, step by step / Katie Kissinger.
Description: New York : Routledge, 2017. | Includes index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016043211| ISBN 9781138651586 (hardback) |
ISBN 9781138651593 (pbk.) | ISBN 9781315624716 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Early childhood education—
Social aspects. |
Prejudices—Study and teaching (Early childhood)—United States. | Social values—Study and teaching
(Early childhood)— United States.
Classification: LCC LB1139.5.S64 K57 2017 | DDC 372.21—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016043211
ISBN: 978-1-13865158-6 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-13865159-3 (pbk)
ISBN: 978-1-31562471-6 (ebk)
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