The focus in each of these issues is on how you as a professional educator in an early childhood setting can inform yourself about these matters, and what actions you can take to advocate for them with colleagues, families and the broader community.
Look at the issue below and discuss your understanding of the issue with reference to the literature. Explain how you and your colleagues could work towards influencing professional understandings, community views, and government policy with regard to your chosen issue.
You may need to access other peer reviewed literature, apart from the readings, to inform yourself about the issue. The idea is for you to have informed discussion. It is easy to be emotive about social justice issues. However, emotive argument is not usually successful in changing beliefs or policy.