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Question: Are there any roles or behaviors that do not involve the influence of culture?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "The divide in human evolution was crossed when culture became the major factor in giving form to the minds of those living under its sway."
Fact: The interplay of a multiplicity of variables is what makes us who we are.
Question: Whats the best way to make your classroom a cultrue of peace?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "Sadly, the world is full of old prejudices." Doris Bergen (2003)
"All children should be appreciated for who they are." (72)
Fact: Culture is a critical factor in everyhing we do, say, believe, and are.
Question: If everybody agrees that we all have a culture, then why can't we all agree on a set definition for culture?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "Everything depends on the color of the glass you look through" (p.46).
Informative Fact: According to statistics, "hate crimes have increased during the first decade of the twenty-first century" (p.67).
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ReplyDeleteQuestion: What are some common elements shared by diffrent cultures?
Quote: "Cultural differeneces also exist among people of the same culture(p.47).
Fact: Family and School play a role in how culture is acquired.
Question: Who decides what the standard way of American life is, given that we are a diverse culture?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "Everyone is multicultural to varying degrees with [the] specific characteristics of each individual being unique."
Fact: Culture gives people identity.
Fact: Ethnicity is defined by three factors: nationality, ancestry, and religious affiliation p61.
ReplyDeleteQuote: "Culture can be a safe haven or a battlefield; a cherished possession or a burden" p45.
Question: What things do I do that identify me as a part of a particular "group".
Question: How would you go about teaching students to honor one another’s cultural differences in the classroom? Going beyond simply teaching about the cultures, how would you expect the students to display their acceptance of cultural differences?
ReplyDeleteQuote: P51 “’Who are you?’ said the caterpillar…Alice replied rather shyly, ‘I hardly know, sir, just at present-at least I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.’” (Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland) As the author goes on to explain, “Only when a familiar action is observed or expression is understood does the situation make sense.” I like this quote because most of us have been somewhere where we have no idea what is going on; what people are doing, saying, thinking etc. I feel that this is much the same as the way families feel when they immigrate to America and are put into the public school system (whether as students or as parents/families) and we must remember what it is like to be in an unfamiliar situation when trying to understand how the families feel.
Fact: There are two aspects to culture; Material Culture (language, clothing, art etc) and Nonmaterial Culture (Values, beliefs etc). To understand cultures and how they relate to each other, we must first understand the aspects of cultures.
Question- Pg 64-Race.
ReplyDeleteWhy do assume that people who look alike; share a race; are actually alike? This is a false belief taht I have had to learn the hard way.
Quote- Pg 68-
Peace is a culture where chidren and adults together share and participate in activities as equals. Also where violence is openly rejected and where people are free to express their values and exchange ideas.
Fact- Pg 73-
Change is a positive characteristic of all cultures. Through change, a group keeps itself alive.
Question: What is an appropriate way to address a child who has been brought up in a racist home to look past another student's race and to accept one another?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "There is not one aspect of human life that is not touched and altered by culture" p43.
Fact: Ethnicity is defined by three factors: nationality, ancestry, and religious affiliation p61.
Question: What are the three factors that define ethnicity and how has ethnicity changed over the last two decades?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "The idea of a salad bowl is preferred over a melting pot by those affirming that it is possible for people to be productive members of American society while maintaining their own individual cultural heritage." PG 60
Fact: No Child Left Behind establishes high expectations for all, regardless of their ethnic or linguistic backgrounds. PG 72
Question: How can we teach children that peace and tolerance with bias-free attitudes is the way to live and approach differences between all cultures?
ReplyDeleteQuote: Culture provides a framework for our lives. It is the paradigm humans use to guide their behavior, find meaning in events, interpret the past, and set aspirations. p.45
Fact: Since September 11, incidents against ethnic groups have increased to an alarming level, making the fight against intolerance imperative. p. 68
Question: What are some ways that teachers can effectively teach their young students about different cultures and get them to understand it?
ReplyDeleteQuote: “The battles to eliminate prejudice and racism are to be won in your classroomsm and you as teachers are the champions we look to.” (70)
Fact: America is referred to as the “melting pot” because of all the different races that live in America.
Question:
ReplyDeletein what way does culture affect children in the classroom (as in the form of how they think, act speak, interact with each other) and how do we as teachers make sure something as prejudice and racism dont go to far?
Quote:
"As we strive to offer children an education that will empower them to become successful members of society, early childhood educators must realize that the kids to unum is in there hands" (70).
Fact:
Predudice has caused more destruction in the world than any war and is the essence of racism and bigotry (67)
Question: What is a good way to incorporate multicultural learning into a early childhood curriculum, that is pertaining to their age level?
ReplyDeleteQuote:"Diversity is found in every single individual because each person is a composite of cultures."
Fact: Multicultural/ ethnic groups were recorded for the first time on the 2000 census.
Question: page 55
ReplyDeleteHave you ever stopped to consider what prompts you to say "I am....? Are you aware of what saying what you are means?
Quote: Page 51 and 55
"Who are you?" said the caterpillar...Alice replied rather shyly, "I hardly know, sir, just at present-- at least I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed serveral times since then." - Alice and Wonderland
"Everyone is mulicultural to varying degrees with specific characteristics of each individual being unique." - Garza and Lipton
Fact: page 60
Being a teacher in todays's classrooms requires an understanding of the magnitude and significance of new social directions that have emerged out of the increasing presence and nature of diversity.
Question: How does a person's cultural identity develop?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "At birth, we begin to acquire the ways of those with which we live and interact. We learn about our culture and the cultures of others as we interact with people."
Fact: Culture has everything to do with all facets of human life.
QUESTION: What is the cause for the rise in hate crimes in the 21st century?
ReplyDeleteQUOTE: PG. 52: Trying to understand the rules, beliefs, and values of other cultures while using our own values is not always effective
FACT: PG.66: Demographically, the United States is now considered the most racially diverse country in the world.
Question: As teachers we will have students of all cultures... How do we teach children to understand that it is okay to be different and to accept whoever they meet if they have influences from outside of the classroom? How do we keep the peace when parents, grandparents, or any adult that the child looks up to has influenced the child to not be accepting of other cultures?
ReplyDeleteFact:(69) Predjudice and stereotypes are learned, Not innate. They are learned in the family and in school without conscious intent...
Quote:(65) Race as a concept still carries a strong social meaning in our country as well as in many other societies...
Quote: Todo es del color del cristal con que se mira. "Everything depends on the color of the glass you look through." - Pedro Claderon de la Barca, La Vida es Sueno
ReplyDeleteFact:"...this book identifies culture as the ways and manners people use to see, perceive, represent, interpret, and assign value and meansing to the reality they live or experience."
Question: Can a person overcome or change a part or aspect of their culture?
Quote: "...identifies culture as the ways and manners people use to see, perceive, represent, interpret, and assign value and meaning to the reality they live or experience."
ReplyDeleteQuestion: How do we as educators teach children to acknowledge and appreciate cultures different from their own?
Fact: Prejudice and stereotypes are learned, not innate. They are learned in the family and in school, without conscious intent.
Question: How can we as educators of young children ease the assimilation of immigrant children into our classrooms?
ReplyDeleteQuote: “In our society, elementary school children learn far more than reading, writing, and arithmetic. Some of the mere aspects of their knowledge are never taught in a systematic way. They are acquired as part of their culture through interaction with teachers and peers” (p.54).
Informative Fact: Diversity has been the common denominator of the United States since its inception(p.59).
Question: What is the best way to handle a situation where children are picking on other children who are different then them?
ReplyDeleteQuote:"There is not one aspect of human life that is not touched and altered by culture." page 43
Fact: Children become aware of their differneces and similarities at a very yound age. page 64
Question: To me a lot of culture is natural like you dont realize what to you is considered your culture- But can we ask in our classroom what their culture is if it is considered partially as religion if we're not sure since we can't talk about religion as in gods?
ReplyDeleteFact:pg 61 Race is a term used to discuss the physical characteristics of a large group of people with somewhat similar genetic history- today the definition of race has become more of a sociopolotical category than a biological phenomenon.
Quote:pg 46 Todo es del color del cristal con que se mira- everything depends on the color of the glass you look through.
Question:
ReplyDeleteWhat is culture and how do you define it in terms of your own world?
Quote:
"There is not one aspect of human life that is not touched and altered by culture"
Edward T. Hall (1990)(43)
Fact:
Many factors make up culture and what is involved in determining each individuals culture, such as ethnic/national origin, religion, gender, educational background, geographic region, age, socio-economic level, occupation, language and family.
Fact: Today, the concept of the United States as a "melting pot" where everyone becomes mainstream kind of American has been challenged by the view of society as multicultural. The idea of a salad bowl is preferred over a melting pot by those affirming that it is possible for people to be productive members of American society while maintaining their own individual cultural heritage. p60
ReplyDeleteQuote: "...because individuals are defined by more than just one cultural influence, everyone is multicultural to varying degrees with the specific characteristics of each individual being unique" p. 55
Question: How will we handle situations in the classroom where other children define others as different?
Question: What is a good way to eliminate prejudice in the classroom and to unite all different ethnic groups?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "Everything depends on the color of the glass you look through" - Pedro Calderon de la Barca
Fact: Statistics show that incidences of hate crimes have increased during the first decade of the twenty first century.
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