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Responding to Prejudice in the Classroom
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- Establish guidelines for classroom behavior with your students at the beginning of the school year about respect. When conflicts arises, expectations will be clear.
- Respond to insensitivity when it occurs, by creating an environment in which all children are treated with respect.
- Understand that children are keenly aware of differences and must learn to accept them. Do not diminish authentic differences as a means of avoiding conflict.
- Recognize that your behavior sets an example for your students.
- Remember that behavioral change is slow. Children are exposed to a range of influences outside the classroom which educators can either reinforce or challenge.
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