Saturday, September 24, 2011

Perspectives on Diversity and Culture

Finding out other people definitions of culture and diversity were very interesting.

Person one: a white kindergarten teacher: culture is respect for family beliefs, values, and religion.

Diversity: different types of culture and different traditions.

Person two: my nephew, a young twenty-four male: culture make me thinks about roots, background, and family ethnics.

Diversity: I think about different races, such as, Black, Mexicans, and Hispanics.

Person three: my youngest sister, a thirty-seven year old female: culture is  family, history, and celebrating holidays.

Diversity: is the differences between people and families.

With their regards to culture and diversity, I agree with most of their definitions because all of them gave me what they thought culture and diversity meant to them. I must respect and accept their opinion.  Most of the definitions for culture and diversity were similar and consisted are surface and deep culture. What I learned from the kindergarten teacher, my nephew and youngest sister is; each one discussed the importance of  respecting family values, beliefs, religion, traditions, and different races.

Some of the aspects that were omitted are: role of children, languages, showing emotions, community connection, recreation, extended family relationships, and recreation (Sparks & Edwards, 2010).

As I listened to my three people speak about their understanding of culture and diversity, I realized how limited my knowledge is concerning culture and diversity before starting this class. In order to get along with each other, it is important to accept and respect all people culture and their diversity.

Reference

Sparks-Derman, L. & Edwards, J. O. (2010), Anti-Bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves, National Association for the Education of Young Children, Washington, D.C.

4 comments:

  1. Talae,
    Thanks for sharing!
    What caught my attention is the idea of culture and your roots. Hats off to your nephew! Culture originated from our roots. It is the life styles of our fore-parents, and our ancestors who provided those opportunities for those experiences to be passed on from one generation to the other. The reason why culture is so deeply rooted in us.

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  3. Talae,
    Very interesting blog. I agree with person one. Culture is respect for one's family beliefs, religion, values, customs, and traditions. Even though there are differences in our cultural background we most respect each other in order to get a full understanding of one another.

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  4. Talae,
    The common denominator in all the definitions you received is respect. It is so important for us to respect each other. Gonzalez-Mena in (Laureate Education, 2011) noted that as children’s culture and diversity widen it should be in addition to what they have been taught at home so they can still feel a sense of belonging at home. Your nephew coined it quite beautifully; it makes him think about his roots. Thanks for sharing!

    Reference
    Laureate Education (2011). Culture and Diversity [Video Program]. Retrieved from
    http://sylvan.live.ecollege.com/ec/crs/default.learn?CourseID=5691618&Survey=1&47=8207343&ClientNodeID=984650&coursenav=1&bhcp=1

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