Institut Kinderwelten für diskriminierungskritische Bildung e.V.

The Institut Kinderwelten für diskriminierungskritische Bildung e.V. is a Berlin-based non-profit association dedicated to equity and educational justice in early childhood education and other educational institutions. Its central offering is the inclusive practice concept 'Vorurteilsbewusste Bildung und Erziehung (VBuE)©' (Prejudice-Conscious Education and Upbringing), which it developed and which supports pedagogical professionals in valuing diversity, recognising discrimination and actively countering it. The institute describes itself as having worked with the VBuE approach for 25 years and in the field of anti-discrimination counselling for children for 10 years. The institute was formerly the 'Fachstelle Kinderwelten' within ISTA/INA Berlin gGmbH, and evolved from a project into a specialised unit and then into an independent institute. It focuses on early childhood education and designs its offerings to be inclusive, discrimination-critical and practice-oriented. Its services include further education and training, conferences and events, publications and materials, practice-research projects, counselling and expert reports, as well as professional support for implementing the approach in Kitas (day-care centres), day-care (Tagespflege) settings and schools. Alongside its education work, the institute runs 'KiDs – Kinder vor Diskriminierung schützen', an anti-discrimination counselling service that supports children and their families in Berlin who have experienced discrimination, aiming to empower those affected, show options for action and further develop discrimination-critical practice in the education system. The institute also publishes an Elternratgeber (parent guide) by Nora Alvarado and operates 'PraxisRaum', an online exchange space for Kita and day-care practitioners. The organisation is a non-profit association (gemeinnütziger Verein) led by an honorary board and two managing directors. It reports 13 permanent staff and around 60 freelance associates nationwide. Its work is aimed at pedagogical professionals, families and other actors in the German early childhood education system.

The Institut Kinderwelten für diskriminierungskritische Bildung e.V. traces its origins to the 'Fachstelle Kinderwelten' within ISTA/INA Berlin gGmbH. According to its own account, it has worked with the approach of Vorurteilsbewusste Bildung und Erziehung© for 25 years and in the field of anti-discrimination counselling for children for 10 years. Its institutional history is described as a progression 'from project to specialised unit to institute' (Vom Projekt über Fachstelle zum Institut). Over those 25 years, the organisation states that numerous employed and freelance colleagues, pedagogical professionals and others have contributed to its work for diversity, educational justice and against discrimination. The institute focuses on early childhood education and emphasises making its offerings inclusive, discrimination-critical and practice-oriented, based on the understanding that societal power relations influence participation from the very beginning. Today the institute supports inclusive and discrimination-critical quality development in Kitas, day-care (Tagespflege) facilities and schools through further education and training, conferences and events, publications and materials, practice-research projects, counselling and expert reports, and professional support for implementing the VBuE approach. It also runs the KiDs anti-discrimination counselling service for children and families in Berlin. The organisation is a non-profit association (gemeinnütziger Verein) with an honorary board and two managing directors. It reports 13 permanent staff and around 60 freelance associates nationwide. It publishes a parent guide (Elternratgeber) by Nora Alvarado and operates PraxisRaum, an online exchange space for Kita and day-care practitioners.

• Institut Kinderwelten states it has worked with the Vorurteilsbewusste Bildung und Erziehung© approach for 25 years.

• Institut Kinderwelten states it has worked in the field of anti-discrimination counselling for children for 10 years.

• The organisation evolved from a project to a specialised unit (Fachstelle Kinderwelten within ISTA/INA Berlin gGmbH) and then to an institute.

Non-profit specialist institute for discrimination-critical education and anti-bias practice in early childhood education, working nationwide in Germany from Berlin.

• Vorurteilsbewusste Bildung und Erziehung (VBuE)©

  An inclusive practice concept developed by the institute that supports pedagogical professionals in valuing diversity, recognising discrimination and actively countering it.

• KiDs – Kinder vor Diskriminierung schützen

  Anti-discrimination counselling service offering support and accompaniment for children and their families in Berlin who have experienced discrimination.

• Elternratgeber by Nora Alvarado

  A parent guide published by the institute.

• PraxisRaum

  An online exchange space for Kita and day-care (Tagespflege) practitioners.

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