Essay Quiz


1		You are considering opening a child care center after you complete your education and get the appropriate degrees and certifications. Your center will accept children who have been potty-trained, including toddlers, preschoolers, and children in the primary grades (for after-school care). You anticipate opening in an ethnically, culturally, and/or racially diverse area, and expect that the parents of these children will come from diverse educational and socioeconomic backgrounds. You want to incorporate the parents as partners to provide an optimal developmental context for the children. Based on the information in this chapter: (a) what kinds of facilities/activities would you need to provide for the children, and (b) what kinds of training might you provide to the parents?



2		The principal and school counselor of your former high school have asked for your advice on dealing with issues of diversity they are facing at school. The diversity is being noticed in terms of the cliques that are forming, as well as racial and ethnic conflict that seems to be a growing problem. What advice could you give them?

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