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1.3: Developmental Influences- Culture

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    Learning Objective

    Explain how culture influences growth and development This meets the NAEYC Standard 1b, 6b and the MA Core Competency 1.A.2 @ Initial & 8.D. 12@Initial level.

    INTRODUCTION

    CULTURE

    Cultural Humility: People, Principles, and Practices. to get you started thinking about the next assignment and to frame your thinking as you read this chapter. The 2012 video is by San Francisco State professor Vivian Chávez. She mixes poetry with music, interviews, archival footage, and images of community, nature and dance to explain what Cultural Humility is and why we need it. Cultural Humility is now used in public health, social work, education, and non-profit management. It is a daily practice for people who deal with hierarchical relationships, changing organizational policy and building relationships based on trust.[1]​​​​​​​

    The Youngest Americans: A Statistical Portrait of Infants and Toddlers in the United States explore America’s 12 million infants and toddlers and their demographic transformation in the U.S. What did you learn about the ways you might differ in terms of race/ethnicity, country of origin, language, and family type. What did you learn about unfairness? What practices might be harmful to infants and toddlers? How do national policies support or harm infants and toddlers?

    INFANT AND TODDLER TEACHERS AS TRANSMITTERS OF CULTURE

    Test, J.E. Infant and toddler teachers as transmitters of culture. IJEC 38, 47–63 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03165977

    SUMMARY

    CONCEPTUALIZING CULTURAL TRANSMISSION

    • ARE INFANTS AND TODDLERS PART OF THIS PROCESS?

    • TRANSMISSION OF CULTURE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD SETTINGS

    • BACKGROUND AND OBSERVATIONS

    • CONFLICTS OVER TOYS

    • MEAL AND SNACK TIMES

      STRUCTURE OF GROUPS

    • SPACE TO BE ALONE

    • STIMULATION AND ACTIVITY LEVEL

    THE ROLE OF CHILD CARE IN SOCIETY

    • CONCLUSIONS

      REFERENCES
    • Bakeman, R. & Brownlee, J. R. (1982). Social rules governing object conflicts in toddlers and preschoolers. In K. H. Rubin & H. S. Ross (Eds.), Peer relationships and social skills in childhood (pp. 99-111). New York: Springer-Verlag.

    • jtest@siu.edu

      Department of Curriculum and Instruction Southern Illinois University

      625 Wham Drive, Mail Code 4610 Carbondale, Illinois 62901, USA


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