Reference no: EM132887186

1. Gender Identity: Describe your earliest memory of yourself as a boy or girl?

2. Diversity: Describe the community in which you grew up in terms of racial, cultural, and linguistic diversity. Was the community diverse or homogeneous? Were you and your family members of the majority or minority groups (in terms of number)? How did this affect you and your family?

3. Awareness: Describe the first time you had the experience of being "different" or feeling like an outsider? What happened? Who was involved? How did you feel? How did you respond?

4. Group Identity: With what group(s) do you identify (cultural, racial, religious, and linguistic, etc.)? How does your identifying with this group (or groups) make you feel? In what ways does this group identity influence your life choices (e.g., where you live, where you go to school, your career goals). What are the advantages and disadvantages to identifying with this group?

5. Bias: Describe a time when you experienced or witnessed bias. What happened? How did you feel? What would have been helpful at the time? If you were to encounter the situation again, what might you do?

6. Work with Young Children and Families: a)How do your gender, race, culture, language, religion, and socioeconomic status affect -- or could affect -- your work with young children and families? b) Do you work (or want to work with) with those who are like you or unlike you? c)What are the challenges of working with those who are different from you?