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Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
  1. How is difference defined and how are difference and diversity related?
     1. Check your understanding
     2. Extend your understanding
     3. Apply your understanding
  2. Where does ‘difference as deficiency’ come from and how can we interrupt the practice of pathologizing children?
     1. Check your understanding
     2. Extend your understanding
     3. Apply your understanding
  3. What are the markers of difference and how are they related to children’s developing sense of who they are in relation to others?
     1. Check your understanding
     2. Extend your understanding
     3. Apply your understanding
  4. What does it mean to honour children’s right to be different?
     1. Check your understanding
     2. Extend your understanding
     3. Apply your understanding
  Resources
Chapter 9
Chapter 10

3. Apply your understanding

Choose one of the markers of difference discussed in this section. Find one or two picture books that relate to this marker. Read them and examine the pictures carefully and think about the messages the text and pictures communicate to children about difference.

The organization Teaching for Change has developed criteria for assessing children’s picture books for bias: http://www.teachingforchange.org/selecting-anti-bias-books 

Using the ideas in this website as a guide, complete a more detailed analysis of your chosen book(s).