Learning Resources This page contains the Learning Resources for this week. Be sure to scroll down the page to see all of the assigned resources for this week. To view this week’s media resources, please use the streaming media player below. Required Resources Course Text: Teaching and Learning in a Diverse World Chapter 6, “The Context of Culture” (pp. 104–120, up to “How to Learn What Children Know, Think, and Feel about the Natural Environment”) Media Video:Laureate Education (Producer). (2004). Cultural and linguistic diversity [Video file]. Retrieved from londonessays.com Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 39 minutes. Dr. Eugene Garcia shares personal insights and experience as well as current research with regard to the significance of one’s cultural and linguistic “roots” on development and learning. Optional Resources Web Article: Misconceptions About Language Acquisition londonessays.com Web Article: Responding to Linguistic and Cultural Diversity: Recommendations for Effective Early Childhood Education londonessays.com Microagressions “happen outside the level of awareness of well-intentioned individuals” (Wing Sue, 2007). Last week you took part in a Discussion in whi
ch you shared your personal definitions and experiences with microagressions. You were asked to spend the next week listening for and being sensitive to microagressions taking place in the interactions of people around you and in the media. In preparation for this week’s Discussion, consider: What have you learned about prejudice, stereotypes, discrimination and microaggressions Why discussions need to be supported and fostered by sensitivity and respect What you noticed this past week with regard to microagressions during first-hand experiences, interactions you observed, and examples you noticed in the media By Day 3: Post your thoughts with regard to two of the following: Examples of microagressions that you noticed this past week and your response or possible responses How tuning in to people’s interactions and the media broadened and deepened your awareness of and sensitivity to microagressions, discrimination, prejudice, and stereotypes Why it is vital that professionals in the early childhood field understand and be sensitive to the power of microagressions Your thoughts with regard to Dr. Wing Sue’s statements that one of the “dangers” of microagressions is the perception that they cause minimal harm