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Overcoming Bias In The Play Summary

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Other strategies to overcome the bias in the education lie in the play (Banks, 1988; Weissman & Hendrick, 2013). The teacher can play several games broken ice and team-building during the first weeks of class. Through the game the young students are encouraged to come forward and focus on those traits that they share with their peers. Also, leave aside the characteristics that make them different with each other. In addition, the teacher can use a book of stories as a way to introduce and illustrate these difficult issues for young children in school age. The teacher can begin by the story, and then have a discussion about the history and related topics. Teacher can make open-ended questions during the reading of history, the feelings of the

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