ECE 283: WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT 3

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ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW
Through reading and understanding you will learn more about gender identity and how to support children to develop their fullest range of abilities and skills in partnership with families.

ASSESSMENT
 20 points total

PREPARATION FOR THE ASSIGNMENT
Read:
• Anti-Bias Education for Children and Ourselves by Derman- Sparks
o Chapter 7
Submit:
• The assignment file

ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS:

Based on the reading and your understanding of gender identity, the importance of families’ cultural views, as well as individual child development create an activity for preschool age children (3-5) that is supportive of each goal for children below (pg. 91 of the text) and your rationale for why it is supportive. Use as much space as needed.

I. Children, regardless of gender, will participate in a wide range of activities necessary for their full cognitive and social-emotional development (Anti-Bias Education [ABE] Goal 1).
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II. Children will demonstrate positive feelings about their gender identity and develop clarity about the relationship between their anatomy and their gender role (ABE Goal 1).
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III. Children will talk about and show respect for the great diversity in appearance, emotional expressiveness, behavior, and gender roles for both boys and girls (ABE Goal 2).
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IV. Children will recognize unfair or untrue messages (including invisibility) about gender roles (ABE Goal 3)
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V. Children will practice skills for supporting gender role diversity in their interactions with peers (ABE Goals 3 & 4)
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