anti-bias-stories

The Anti-Bias Stories blog is a community space for educators and teachers to share their anti-bias stories of practice, policy, professional engagement and learning. This blog is edited by Kathy Gelding, Dr Kathryn Bown and Dr Red Ruby Scarlet. If you would like to submit a blog piece, please email it to: foundation(%20at%20)sjiec.org or if you would like to be a guest editor, please contact us on the same email address.

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Posted by Cassandra Way, Early Childhood Educator and Student New South Wales, Australia on

Being an early childhood educator can sometimes be an isolating experience. Yes, we are surrounded by a limitless source of families and children, each with their own experiences...

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Posted by Martel Menz, Vice President Early Childhood Australian Education Union Victoria, Australia on

In Latin, advocacy means “to call to one’s aid.” I like this. It evokes images of collectivism and unity, of people standing side by side working together for a shared...

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Posted by Marnie Saunders, Annie Dennis Children’s Centre Victoria, Australia on

If you had told me over 12 months ago that my kinder group was taking action to support Asylum Seekers in Australia, I would have laughed and said “how?”. Well, that is...

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Posted by Jessica Whamond, Apple Tree Kindergarten Room Leader Kensington Community Children's Cooperative Victoria, Australia on

I recently attended the Victorian Anti-Bias Book Launch on March 17th 2017, where the speakers spoke about identity and how they identify themselves. Hearing these stories...

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Posted by Catharine Hydon, Hydon Consulting Victoria, Australia on

“Who we are choosing to be… we are choosing to be ‘warrior women’” (Johns, 2016, p. 257). Today we celebrated the launch of the third edition of The Anti-Bias...

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Posted by Sarah Louise Gandolfo, Quality Supervisor Clarendon Children’s Centre Victoria, Australia on

Opening address from The Victorian Launch of The Anti-Bias Approach in Early Childhood 17th May 2017 My first experience with anti-bias thinking came only recently in 2015 when...