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Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
1. How is difference defined and how are difference and diversity related?
1. Check your understanding
2. Extend your understanding
3. Apply your understanding
2. Where does ‘difference as deficiency’ come from and how can we interrupt the practice of pathologizing children?
1. Check your understanding
2. Extend your understanding
3. Apply your understanding
3. What are the markers of difference and how are they related to children’s developing sense of who they are in relation to others?
1. Check your understanding
2. Extend your understanding
3. Apply your understanding
4. What does it mean to honour children’s right to be different?
1. Check your understanding
2. Extend your understanding
3. Apply your understanding
Resources
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Locate and read the following article:
Moll, L., C. Amanti, D. Neff, and N. Gonzalez ‘Funds of Knowledge for Teaching: A Using a Qualitative Approach to Connect Homes and Classrooms’, Available online: http://uwyosocialliteracies.pbworks.com/f/MollFunds.pdf (accessed 20 January 2018).
When you are finished, think about your own family. What are some of the historically accumulated and culturally-developed knowledges and skills in your household? Can you envision possible ways your teachers in the early years might have included (or did include) your family’s funds of knowledge in the curriculum?