Center for Online Learning

Upcoming Webinar:
May 10, 2017, 4 pm (PST)
Topic: Analyzing Children's Book for Bias - Who Do We Say We Are?

Presenters:
Sheridan Wigginton, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Languages and Cultures, California Lutheran University
Lisa Keith, Psy.D., Assistant Professor of Special Education & Vice-Chair University Diversity Committee, Fresno Pacific University

Description:
As Dr. Wiggnton brings to us the paradigm of blackness in the Dominican Republic as told through government-adopted textbooks, Dr. Keith interweaves a story about what it means to be part of an underrepresented group as seen in through the lens of classroom texts and other books in the Central Valley of California.
“Children’s books [and textbooks] continue to be an invaluable source of information and values. They reflect the attitudes in our society about diversity, power relationships among different groups of people, and various social identities…The visual and verbal messages young children absorb from books…heavily influence their ideas about themselves and others…Consequently, carefully choosing quality children’s books is an indispensable educational…task.”
- Louise Derman - Sparks Guide for Selecting Anti-Bias Children’s Books

**Webinars are presented by the education faculty and professional development instructors of Fresno Pacific University.