The
one friend I pick that was different from my culture is a Hispanic woman that
is twenty-three
years old with two children and she is divorced from her husband. The
religion she
believe in is Catholic. The definition that she gave of culture is learning
about your
background, respecting yourself and others, family traditions, and morals
and values. The
definition of diversity is learning about people and children all around
the world.
The aspects of culture and diversity
that I have studied in this course is respecting
the cultural
diversity of all children and families when it comes to practices and policies
in early
childhood education. The aspects that have been omitted is not just focusing
on one culture.
For example I am from the African American culture and that was the
only culture I
ever knew. Until I work at the company at IBM and being a teacher in
in early
childhood profession that is when I lean about culture and diversity. We have
to expose our
self and learn from different cultures.
Learning other people’s definitions
of culture and diversity have influenced
me to respect
and learn about their background, who they are, and learning their
morals,
traditions, and values.
Shartarka,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your post. The ideas behind culture the Hispanic lady gave you of , "Learning about your own background, respecting yourself and others, family traditions, and morals and values" is definately important to have a better understanding of others.
I like the response that your Hispanic interviewer gave, it would be great if all families had this same idea. If people were already raising their children to respect others traditions, values and morals, the worked may be a better place. You are right if you are only raised around one culture that will be all that you would know until you are exposed to someone else.
ReplyDeleteShartarka,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comments! I agree with you that learning how others define culture and diversities causes us to learn more about them. I found myself wanting to prompt the people I interviewed so that they would tell me more about themselves. This was a great week of learning and experimenting!
Talk to you soon,
Maria
Shartarka,
ReplyDeleteI like what you said about not just focusing on one culture. Knowing and understanding other culture leads to more respect, appreciation for diversity and acceptance. We are all on this earth together, why not learn about one another. Thanks for sharing!