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Individualists & CollectivistsAnswer the questions below:
- Were raised in a family/ culture that was individualist or collectivist? How do you know? Give specific examples to support your conclusion.
- Is your Infant/ Family Case Study family collectivist or individualist family/ culture? How do you know? Give specific examples to support your conclusion.
- How can infant classrooms support families and babies who are from collectivist cultures? How can infant teachers arrange the classroom, materials, and activities to focus on collectivism (“we”) as opposed to individualism (“me”)? List specific practices and ways staff can support babies and families. List methods that have not yet been mentioned.
Answer the questions below:
1. Were raised in a family/ culture that was individualist or collectivist? How do you know? Give specific examples to support your conclusion.
2. Is your Infant/ Family Case Study family collectivist or individualist family/ culture? How do you know? Give specific examples to support your conclusion.
3. How can infant classrooms support families and babies who are from collectivist cultures? How can infant teachers arrange the classroom, materials, and activities to focus on collectivism (“we”) as opposed to individualism (“me”)? List specific practices and ways staff can support babies and families. List methods that have not yet been mentioned.
1. Answer: For me my family was more of collectivist family likely to take care of our elderly family members if they fall ill, change owr own plans in the event of a family emergency, honor of parents and elders, social order, national security, self-discipline, politeness, and obedience.
2. Answer: My Infant.family case study is more of a collectivist family because I see the way they are. They do everything together, support one another, help each other out, they just love each other deeply I notice that through out the interview questions how this family is very family oritenated.
3. Answer: emphasize cooperation among group members as the basis for success in competition with other groups, whether at the level of the family, business, or nation. Families from successful groups take pride in what the group has accomplished. Establish predictable routines to encourage children to learn to anticipate events, Provide concrete language-embedded experiences, Create a communication-rich environment with meaningful activities in the natural context, Read aloud making sure everyone participates, group activity, Expose the children to reading and writing within the daily routine, teaching them manners, what’s right and what’s wrong.
Janate — Thanks for your response. You provide details as to why you think your family and Infant/ Family Case Study Family are collectivists. Doing everything together as a unit, taking care of all members of the family are examples of collectivism. I wonder, what types of competitive activities will you engage in with babies?
1) My family is more on the collectivist spectrum. It was always making sure that you show and speak with respect, the social expectations, the tolerance, and the depending on/ caring for others.
2) For my infant family case study I would also say that the family is collectivist. While observing the family I have noticed there we communication, sharing, and accept and give.
3) Infant classrooms are able to support families and babies who are from collectivist cultures, by assigning a group projects where its more of a “we” than just “me”. Reading can help everyone pitch in and participate, assigning chores or any responsibility in the room that involoves one or more helping hand, and establishing what repescpt and mannerism is.
Tamia — Thanks for your comment. Creating opportunities for babies to engage in activities in small groups is 1 way to promote collectivism. I wonder, what are some other specific behaviors from the video or handout that indicate your family and your Infant/ Family Case Study Family are collectivists?
1:Were raised in a family/ culture that was individualist or collectivist? How do you know? Give specific examples to support your conclusion.
After watching the video and reviewing the handout, I do not really know what type of family culture I was raised in. Although, my mom is always telling me to worry about myself which is probably a individualist. I remember sleeping alone in my own inside my mom’s room but in my own space and my mother until this day telling me that “I need to be more independent”. In the handout under the “Emphasize and Encourage” I tend to stand out at work and everybody can see that. But, at home I do not stand out and tend to get criticized by the fact that I am 26 and still working on my Associate Degree. This was a good tricky question for me.
2:Is your Infant/ Family Case Study family collectivist or individualist family/ culture? How do you know? Give specific examples to support your conclusion.
My Family case study is definitely a individualist. I say this because the mom uses a lot of “I” statements, although at times when talking to her oldest she uses “we” statement but to refer to the baby and the oldest and how they have to take care of each other. Looking back I did notice that the 4 yr old can dress herself completely and is able to eat properly with a spoon and a fork.
3:How can infant classrooms support families and babies who are from collectivist cultures? How can infant teachers arrange the classroom, materials, and activities to focus on collectivism (“we”) as opposed to individualism (“me”)? List specific practices and ways staff can support babies and families. List methods that have not yet been mentioned.
I believe we can support families and babies who are from collectivist cultures by having them sort of help other who are struggling with achieving certain task. For example, in our mix age groups we tend to have the 4 yr old help the younger ones by getting the napkin for them or turning off the faucet. In the classroom we can make sure we are coming up with community agreements and everybody has the same consequences. Introduce books, songs and modeling the behavior we are trying for them to achieve in the classroom.
Patty — Thanks for your comment. Many people are raised in families that are a mixture of both collectivism and individualism. Mixed ages classrooms are a wonderful way to support collectivism! In addition to using “I” statements, I wonder, what other behaviors from the video and handout does your Infant/ Family Case Study demonstrate that indicate they are individualists?
Thank you for your comment Professor Jen. I strongly believe that my case study family might be both but sometimes goes back to an individualist.
1. I was raised in a family/ culture that is both individualist and both collectivist but more collectivist. I was taught to always be my own person, to be independent. My mother use to always say “You born by yourself.” I was also taught to respect others, remain close to extended family, the importance of sharing and helping others.
2. My infant/ family case study family is both individualist and collectivist, they give praise when the infant accomplishes anything, feeling/being special but also teaches respect for others, sharing with her sister, co-sleep/ family bed. They fall more on the collectivist side.
3. Infant classroom can support families and babies who are from collectivist cultures by arranging furniture in groups, to promote groups activities. Story sharing time. Have activities where parents can come in and works on projects togethers
1. Were raised in a family/ culture that was individualist or collectivist? How do you know? Give specific examples to support your conclusion.
Ans: i was raised in a culture of individualist. I know this because i was taught to always look out for myself and my immediate family. i was taught to be independent and depend on anyone. However, i was taught to still have manners and respect for others and to be polite.
2. Is your Infant/ Family Case Study family collectivist or individualist family/ culture? How do you know? Give specific examples to support your conclusion.
Ans: The infant/family case study family are individualist. i know this because the infant mother told me doesn’t like asking for help she tries to do things by herself, she very independent, she feeds herself, play by herself for the most part, etc.
3. How can infant classrooms support families and babies who are from collectivist cultures? How can infant teachers arrange the classroom, materials, and activities to focus on collectivism (“we”) as opposed to individualism (“me”)? List specific practices and ways staff can support babies and families. List methods that have not yet been mentioned.
Ans: in order to form a collectivist classroom practicing teamwork, group cohesiveness, community responsible for children, strengthening and building relationship, respect, self-control, etc. And for an individualism classroom will practice self-esteem, gain and being independent, uniqueness, feeling and being special , individual success, etc
1)Were raised in a family/ culture that was individualist or collectivist? How do you know? Give specific examples to support your conclusion.
– My family was collectivist because we were raised on helping one another and supporting each other.
2) Is your Infant/ Family Case Study family collectivist or individualist family/ culture? How do you know? Give specific examples to support your conclusion.
The family in my infant/ family case study is collectivist because they speak to one another with respect, they are always together.
3) How can infant classrooms support families and babies who are from collectivist cultures? How can infant teachers arrange the classroom, materials, and activities to focus on collectivism (“we”) as opposed to individualism (“me”)? List specific practices and ways staff can support babies and families. List methods that have not yet been mentioned.
Infant classrooms can have group activities were the students can interact with one another and learn from one another.
1. I was raised in a culture that is individualist. I know and experienced this through individual praise of achievement, playing by myself, and just being able to do a lot of things on my own and for myself at home and at school.
2. Based on the Family case study, my family is a collectivist. The way the mother talked about her family I could tell the importance of family to them and how they emphasize family interactions, accept and give help to one another, and the values that they share as well. Such as mutual respect and support for and from one another is very important.
3. Some methods teachers may include in classrooms to support babies and families who are from a collectivist culture would be:
• Creating group play time and projects.
• Encourage peer help.
• Get together to talk as a collective.
1) Were raised in a family/ culture that was individualist or collectivist? How do you know? Give specific examples to support your conclusion.
I was raised in a collectivist family/culture. My mom assisted me with dressing up until the age of 10. I remember being in the 5th grade and instead of her waking me up to dress and get myself ready she would dress me while I still slept and then she would wake me up to finish brushing my teeth which she would help me with too. I believe the reason my mother attended to my morning routines was because she was also a working mother so in order for us to be on time and her to reach work on time she figured it was faster if she did it herself.
2) Is your Infant/ Family Case Study family collectivist or individualist family/ culture? How do you know? Give specific examples to support your conclusion.
The family infant case study that I observed are individualist. I noticed this while I observed the family and the grandmother of the infant didn’t intervene. While there and the baby spilled a cup of juice the mother of child assisted by the demand of the mother. Also, the father of the child worked throughout the day so the mother of the child spent most of her days with her baby alone having to attend to all of the babies needs. The baby also has minor independence while she was able to feed herself and provide her own needs such as grabbing her pacifier and prepare herself for a nap. Although she asks for moms arms to sleep she does signify when shes tired by grabbing her pacifier and asking her mother to carry her.
3) How can infant classrooms support families and babies who are from collectivist cultures?
Although some infants that come from a collectivist family to support them we can break them out of those habits slowly. Some of the techniques that I have used when I used to volunteer in daycares was give the infant a spoon for themselves while I fed them. This used to help them figure it out that a spoon goes in the mouth where they soon learned to feed themselves.
How can infant teachers arrange the classroom, materials, and activities to focus on collectivism (“we”) as opposed to individualism (“me”)? Some List specific practices and ways staff can support babies and families. List methods that have not yet been mentioned.
To arrange a classroom of infants using materials that focus on collectivism and not just individuals we’d have to use diversity. Share other people’s ways of how they live up to their tradition and culture so we can prepare the young ones such as infants to adapt to the outside environment. One way of doing this is sharing each other’s culture’s and environment we already know for instance helping each other in group activities.
1. I was raised in a collectivist family because my family always taught me that its important to share with others and to also have a good relationship with my grandparents. Also I was taught to always keep in connection with family even though I barely see them.
2. Not sure.
3. Infant classroom can support families and babies who are from collectivist cultures by arranging them In groups so that they don’t come into conflict with the others and for individualism classrooms can also be in a group.
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