miércoles, 30 de mayo de 2018

Lesson 6 05/30/2018: Collective vs Individualism

I liked the examples of Brother Ivers in how he describes the individualistic and collective culture in a way that gives us a clear understanding that an individualistic culture was based on this example:
 "We talked about American children, something good. How American children-at least I think it's good, that's my cultural opinion. American children are known throughout the world for having extra rights than many other children because they can express themselves, they can express their opinions to adults, they can make their own choices very often, okay, and that sort of thing, but that's rare. It exists in other countries too, but in most countries probably not."
So I agree that as teachers we will face the two individualistic and collective types so it is important that we understand this concept.
Here the differences


I consider that my country is individualistic but studies have been done where these results are shown is individualistic .....  as mentioned by brother Iver where we all rely on these points and we are only reminded of the consequences of our own actions I would only like to quote this.

An example of what might happen in the classroom is that a student who is of the collective culture will always seek to be the leader of the group and will always look for the welfare of others but when another individualist student confronts him he could be misunderstood because the other is based on his own decisions and does not care about the rest.
They form groups to do a project so student C starts to organize and give assignments the others follow him but when a student i  I don´t work on his assignment because he did not like the topic they start to have a conflict where he talks to the teacher and tells him that it would be better if he could do it alone.
That could be a situation that could happen and it would be talking to both of them in such a way that they can work as a team.
It´s very interesting how the education in China works on test scores so I like the way this article describes it: "He imagines ways of teaching by which the individual strengths of every student are developed, not under pressure, but by their intrinsic motivation. He dreams of schools where the highest value is creativity, where students are encouraged to be, as he wrote in his last book, World Class Learners, “confident, curious, and creative.” Until we break free of standardized testing, this ideal will remain out of reach ."
 I would like to focus on this idea because we are the instruments to help our students be the highest value is creativity, curious and confident. 
Only last I would like to ask some questions how can I help my students have another perspective to be individualists?
Can you have both at the same time?
Can you find a situation from which individualism becomes coll
ective?

3 comentarios:

  1. I think we can develop both behaviors, but it is important to teach them to our children. For example, we can develop their sense of individuality by praising them on the things they excel. We also can help them become independent when doing their assignments and steer them to find their own answers. As we do so, students will notice the strengths they have and they will work harder to become better students and individuals.

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  2. I think we can develop both behaviors, but it is important to teach them to our children. For example, we can develop their sense of individuality by praising them on the things they excel. We also can help them become independent when doing their assignments and steer them to find their own answers. As we do so, students will notice the strengths they have and they will work harder to become better students and individuals.

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