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“This book is obviously geared toward early-childhood educators, but much of its content can be transferred to the K-12 environment. There is a lot of confidence-boosting directed toward early-childhood educators in this text, which could bog down readers from the elementary and secondary levels; just skip over those parts if it's not needed!
MsWrobel wrote this review Saturday, July 4 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
This book's strengths lie in its call for compassion to direct all teaching, as well as its emphasis on personal reflection to better one's teaching. The main point - to encourage thinking about things that make one personally uncomfortable (how one thinks unconsciously about race, sexual orientation, religion, class, and other biases) as it applies to the classroom - is much needed, in both early childhood and K-12 education.
Even for those who may have already "confronted discomfort" personally, this book can be helpful insofar as helping others confront discomfort; many of Jacobson's personal stories reflect the oft-mentioned concept that if one is a silent witness to discrimination, then one is also a participant.
Particularly, Jacobson's chapter-two explanation of what bias really is can solidify for oneself and one's students why each has a certain bias - the first step in overcoming is understanding! This book is recommended for early-childhood educators as well as other teachers who are concerned about unconscious discrimination in their students and classrooms.”
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