Define culture and cultural sensitivity
Discover the importance of culture and cultural sensitivity in early childhood education and child care centers. Learn about cultural competency and how it can enhance the learning experience for children. Gain the knowledge and skills necessary to create a culturally inclusive environment.Trainings incorporating this outcome
120 hours courses
12 CEUs45 hours courses
Related Outcomes
- Define culture and cultural competency
- Define and explain culture and diversity
- Recognize the importance of demonstrating respect for the diversity of all children and youth and families’ culture, language, and religion in all interactions (anti-bias and cultural responsiveness techniques).
- Identify the importance of maintaining cultural sensitivity while working with families during home visiting.
- Define Cultural Activities in the Montessori early childhood classroom.
- Demonstrate understanding of cultural differences and its influences on a child's social behavior.
- Describe how language is one of the many ways through which culture affects development.
- Define obesity in children including statistics and methods to measure.
- Identify strategies for integrating culture and diversity into an infant and toddler program
- Define active play in the early childhood classroom and describe its benefits for young children.
- Demonstrate understanding of the impact of culture on infant and toddler development
- Define the meaning of professionalism in child care.
- Define "bullying"
- Identify the importance of being sensitive to those who decide not to nurse and of welcoming environment that encourages mothers to breastfeed
- Recognize the importance of providing activities that reflect a welcoming environment for all children, youth and families, regardless of culture, language, or religion, or strengths, talents, and abilities.
- Define and provide examples of structured activity and set standards for time spent per day
- Define unstructured activity and provide set standards for time spent per day.
- Define the term inclusion and how it relates to the child care environment and practice for all ages.
- Define strategies for prevention of obesity in children including the role of the educator and why prevention is important.
- Define sedentary activities, including screen time, and their impact and identify time limits per day
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