HD 380/580 - Children's Autobiographical Narratives as Social Justice Curriculum

Institution:

Pacific Oaks College

Subject:

Description:

The roots of social change within children begins with the learning of anti-bias. Anti-bias/culturally inclusive curriculum begins with children's voices. Who the children are, the home cultures that they bring into the classroom, their world views, and their learning styles must first be unpackaged in order for anti-bias to take place. Seeing the child, through the child's own voice, and supporting children in seeing and developing participatory relationships with their peers through their peers' autobiographical stories is the first step in unpackaging culture and creating inclusive classrooms. In order for children to become agents of social change within a participatory democracy, they must take an active role in the building of classroom communities, which emerge from the context of their lives. Through the sharing of autobiographical narratives, adults and children gain an important entrance into one another's cultural lives and through that entrance they are able to create realistic inclusive communities. This course will explore using children's narratives as a means of developing anti-bias/culturally inclusive curriculum which supports children's development in terms of being advocates for social change. This course will involve observations in the field as well as participants collecting and documenting children's narratives. These narratives will be used to create antibias/ culturally inclusive curriculum and the building of participatory classroom communities which empower children in the development as social change agents.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

Corequisites:

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.pacificoaks.edu

Phone Number:

(626) 529-8500

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

The Course Profile information is provided and updated by third parties including the respective institutions. While the institutions are able to update their information at any time, the information is not independently validated, and no party associated with this website can accept responsibility for its accuracy.