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Question: How do foster children or kids with no family compare and differ with those that have a stable family?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "The headquarters for human development (the family), are the most basic and enduring of social institutions."
Fact: All families need to have their basic needs met (food, shelter, and financial stability).
Question: How do you go about teaching family structures in classrooms to younger children when the structures can be very different? i.e. 2 mothers or 2 fathers or single parent families.
ReplyDeleteFact: You need family, some sort of support system. You need one, no matter who you are.
Quote: "No matter the size, No matter the name. One thing in families Is always the same... LOVE, LOVE, LOVE! -The kidegarten Children of Westfield School
Question: Why does family diversity seem to be a common diversity in todays society?
ReplyDeleteFact: Single parent families have become the most common type of non traditional family structre.
Quote: "Working with families of different cultural backgrounds affords teachers an opportunity to experience the variety of views and interpretations of social roles and functions."(87)
Question:Are traditions that are passed down to children in today's society the same traditions twenty years ago?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "This is my family. Each of us is different, but we love each other a lot. I think that's what a family is all about."
Fact: An estimated 2.5 million grandparents are parenting nearly six million children.
Quote:
ReplyDeleteFamilies comprise persons who have a shared history and a shared future.(203)
(Monica McGoldrick and Betty Carter)
Question:
How can educators address the family dynamic and its' many challenges it brings with success in the classroom setting ?
Fact:
We are no longer in a world of traditional homespun values and ideals. The students in our classroom will have very different lives and very different experiences. Not every child will have a mom and dad at home. Some children won't have either one actually.This is just a touch of the differences our students will have.
My question is actually the series of questions found at the top of page 83, "Who Is In Your Family?" The dynamics of my family have changed so tremendously over the past year that they really got me to thinking about what constitutes a family, and specifically what constitutes a family here in America. How does that differ from other cultures? These questions help bring back some good memories of my daddy, who passed away almost a year ago.
ReplyDeleteMy quote was, "Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. Jane Howard - 1978
The fact that I chose, well, I am not so sure it could be called a fact, but I have experienced this subject matter on a personal level. One of the best ways to demonstrate our respect toward a family's culture is by respecting their names and avoiding the tendency to "Americanize" them. Always ask the family what name they prefer their child to use. Respect their choice. I have had so many teachers and/or coaches try to shorten my youngest daughters name and I do not want it to be shortened. It just takes one teacher one year to change a child's name the rest of their school career, and very likely their life. It is my personal opinion that it is pure laziness that lends a teacher to do that. They do not want to take the time to either write and/or say their full name, regardless of the parents wishes. Drives me Nuts!!!!!!!
Question: School is like a home away from home. How can we as teachers provide a family like setting in our classrooms where everyone feels accepted and part of an extended family?
ReplyDeleteQuote: “It takes a whole village to raise a child”(p.105).
Informative Fact: Society needs families essentially to prepare the young to become constructive members of society.(p.83)
Question:Pgs. 92-94. Why does mainstream America perceive their children as individuals whose development of independence is strongly encouraged and most other cultural groups place more importanace on strengthening and reassuring the childs emotional ties with the family?
ReplyDeleteQuote: Pg. 103. This sense of kinship that bonds many different family members, as well as close individuals, becomes a signifigant social asset for the family and child. This collective spirtual, emotionla and physical frame of reference becomes a source that the child can draw upon to successfully solve problems and overcome challenges of the present and the future. From the perspective of the child, it widens the circle of people who care and participate in his or her upbringing.
Fact: Pg. 89. Across cultures, love and caring are essential to appropriate development. Daily routines such as feeding are special times to nurture their relationships.
Question: How should we as future teachers address student's guardians without kowing if they have a mother and a father, two parents of the same sex, one parent, or a family member watching out for them?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "Accepting that today's families are found both in traditional and nontraditional configurations enables you to objectively relate to and deal more effectively with families of the children in your classroom." PG 105
Fact: "Family is the social unit most responsible for creating the child as a social, emotional, cultural, and psychological being." PG 113
Question: I understand that the economy is on a downward fall and that some families are struggling. Since struggling families can experience feelings of low self-esteem or anger, how can I as an educator make each child feel important no matter their economic background?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "No matter the size, No matter the name. One thing in families Is always the same... LOVE, LOVE, LOVE" (p.79).
Informative Fact: According to Olsen and Fuller, families can be categorized as traditional or nontraditional.
Question:
ReplyDeleteHow do teacher's teach when education is circled by culture, values and family?
Quote:
"Living in a multicultural environment like the United States means that we need to realize that what one person holds as an expectation might diverge from that of another" (87).
Fact:
Selecting a name for a child not only provides identity by may also reflect culture heritage and define the individual's roots (89).
Question: How important is it for a teacher to recognize the cultural and family significance in students’ names?
ReplyDeleteQuote: Living in a multicultural environment like the United States means that we need to realize that what one person holds as an expectation might diverge from that of another. p.87
Fact: An estimated 31% of all children are born into single-parent families. p. 100
Question: What do you do if a behavior in the classroom by a student can be blamed on a culture difference, but is not acceptable in school? Do you punish them if it is a regular behavior or just say that is not school appropriate?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "Families come in all shapes and sizes, but they all have the same functions."
Fact:In the U.S. 1/3 of families are married couples.
Question: As teachers we will have a host of different students visiting and learning in our classrooms every year. If the family of a child were to become homeless or start having problems, how do we as teachers face that situation? Do we give those students a little extra attention or do we act as if nothing has happened?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "Society needs families essentially to
prepare the young to become constructive members of society.
Fact: It is no longer possible to define what a universal portrait of what a family looks like.
Question: Do children from nontraditional homes learn differently than children in traditional homes? If so, what is the best way to teach both types?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "Accepting that today's families are found both in traditional and nontraditional configurations enables you to objectively relate to and deal more effectively with families of the children in your classroom" p. 105.
Fact: An estimated 31 percent of all children are born into single-parent families. p. 100
Question: Which influences a student's culture more, family or peers?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "Child rearing is an essential function and role of [all] families." pg. 92
Fact: Culture establishes meanings shared and understood by those who respond to it. pg. 87
Question: Why is independence so highly valued in the United States, but in other countries it is not so highly valued?
ReplyDeleteQuote: PG 80: The famiy is still the basic channel for learning about human nature because of its essential role in transmitting culture. This notion is particularly important in multicultural early childhood education, where learning about the families of young children is the best way to discover the diversity of views that form our students.
Fact: PG 94: The preschool years become a transitional stage in which children are led to achieve self-discipline.
Fact: The concept of a traditional family model is based on our personal experiences, our culture, and the environment in which we live (p83).
ReplyDeleteQuote: "Families comprise persons who have a shared history and a shared future (p103).
Question: What can I do, as a teacher, to make my classroom seem more like a family for my students so they feel they are safe and loved and that their ideas and successes are important to me and one another?
Fact: pg 97 'the US famliy began its most dramatic transformation in the second half of the 20th century... the participation of women in the workforce became widespread during WWII and started a decades long trend of hte US women as active wage earners. This pattern also established the role of working mothers, which, in turn, drastically altered the roles and patterns of the traditional US family.
ReplyDeleteQuote: pg 108 we are who we are because of what we recieved and learned from our families.
Question: Some children come from a 'not great' family background, such as if their parents in jail or maybe ran off without them, how do we bring up fmailies without bringing out some the situations that should probably not be discussed in class?
Fact: The family is also responsible for providing the young with appropriate learning and schooling experiences. At home, families fulfill the tast of hleping children to learn important skills and responsibilities as a member of the family and of the community.
ReplyDeleteQuote: "No matter the size, No matter the name.
One thing in fmailies
Is always the same...
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!
Kindergarten Children of Westfield School
Question: Is it really that important to define it, as along as you have someone?
Question: How do you define your family and what makes it your family?
ReplyDeleteFact: Healthy families practice and believe in family support, which fosters growth and understanding of each other. pg. 106
Quote: Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. Jane Howard page 80
Fact: All familes need to have their basic needs met. These include food, shelter, and financial stability.
ReplyDeleteQuestion: As stated in the fact above how do we as future teachers handle students that may not be receiving their basic needs and how do we keep them focused on tasks at hand?
Quote: Familis compromise persons who have shared a history and a shared future. Monica McGoldrick and Betty Carter
Mary Sanders
Quote: "Our image of what a family is and what it should be is a powerful combination of personal experience, family forms we encounter or observe, and attitudes we hold." -Gilbert, 2007.
ReplyDeleteFact: The key functions of family include basic needs, socialization tasks, emotional support and spirituality, economic tasks, educational tasks, and crisis management tasks.
Question: How do we as teachers make a difference in the lives of students who do not have a strong family support system?
Question: What can we do for children whose families are not there for them and show them that they can achieve?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family, whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one." page 80
Fact: We are who we are becuase of what we received and learned from our families. page 108
Quote:
ReplyDeleteFamilies comprise persons who have a shared history and a shared future(103)
Fact:
Many things distinguish functional and successful families across cultural groups such as adaptability, shared goals,a sense of joy, common goals,spirituality, family and social support, family pride and good communication(100)
Question:
What is the greatest need a teacher has when dealing with a salad bowl of peoples cultures and ideals?
Fact: "Living in a multicultural environment like the United States means that we need to realize that what one person holds as an expectation might diverge from that of another." p87
ReplyDeleteQuote: "Families comprise persons who have a shared history and a shared future." p103
Question: What is considered a family today?
Carrie Stewart Jensen posted her blog on 1-30-11 at 1:27
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