Promoting A Sense Of Self: Experiences And Activities

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Grade Range: - K

Learn how to support and encourage children by understanding anti-bias teaching methods that recognize and support individual student needs with this self-paced professional development lesson. Learning activities include embracing diversity, multiple social identities, and embracing character through understanding the six pillars of character education. This lesson also includes strategies for strengthening family relationships and ideas for developing student interests through short and long-term projects.

In the Classroom

Share this lesson with your peers to use as a learning opportunity or review the included ideas to support students’ identity and awareness of others’ diversity. Consider sharing a link to this article with parents to help them develop skills for discussing character issues and diversity at home. Use Padlet, <a href="/single.cfm?id=10007">reviewed here</a>, to share this article with parents and curate other information from a variety of resources to support and provide education with dealing with character education issues at home.

At Home

Use ideas found in this article to learn more about how to promote your child’s positive self-awareness through discussions and family-centered activities.

Tags

diversity, identity, bullying, character education, professional development, bias,

Subjects

Careers & Guidance, Character Education, Professional,