ADVANTAGE AND LIMITATIONS OF APPLICATION OF ANTI-BIAS PROGRAMS IN PRE-SCHOOL CLASSES

This study includes what Anti-Bias and Multicultural Education is, how it is defined in the literature, what preconditions of Anti-Bias-Programs are, from which components they are formed, what they are aiming for and which stakeholders they are benefiting from. Also, what the roles and responsibilities of people and experts in Anti-Discriminatory Programs are, what should be considered when applying these programs are explained in this study. In addition to these, the advantages and limitations of the implementation of "Anti-Bias-Programs" in kindergartens have been compiled and interpreted according to the opinions in the literature. As a common feature of the advantages created by the implementation of "Anti-Bias-Programs" in kindergartens, it is seen that the representation of cultural and individual differences in education environments is increasing and accordingly both the social and academic outputs in the education and training process are positively affected. We can say that the disadvantages created by the implementation of "Anti-Bias Programs" in kindergartens are more in the axis of content, material, duration and lack of consciousness according to the literature.

Keywords:

Anti-bias education programs, the curriculum preventing bias, multicultural education, early childhood education, equal opportunities in education