Conscious Noticing: Anti-bias from Policy to Practice
Abstract
This article explores implications of implementing the Anti-bias Approach (Derman-Sparks & the ABC Task Force, 1989) for the Irish Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) sector at policy and training levels. A recent initiative at policy level requires the ECCE sector to address diversity, equality, and inclusion in practice from an Anti-bias perspective. An exercise built on Anti-bias Goals and Principles – Equality-Proofing the physical environment – is outlined. The findings are analysed from interviews and the Equality-Proofing Exercise carried out in Early Childhood services by 85 undergraduate students from the Institute of Technology Blanchardstown, Ireland. Results demonstrate that meaningful diversity and equality training is necessary to ensure that all children are acknowledged and represented in the ECCE setting. Implications for current and future policy development and pre-service and in-service training are highlighted and discussed.
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