Communities and Families: 3 course topics discussed
Families and Community: The blog will cover 3 topics discussing the importance of appropriate integration in our classrooms. Topics include: Self-Autonomy, Family Culture, and Self-Esteem.
Self-Autonomy
Supporting families with Autonomy seeking children
What is Self-Autonomy?
Self-Autonomy - Where a child grows independence, increases the ability to do tasks and improves their cognitive development. This happens through decision making and self-sufficient practice. (Janet Gonzalez-Mena, 2016)
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Self-Autonomy classroom integration
Family Culture
Understanding family goals, values, and cultures
Family Culture: Acceptance and Importance
“In regard to family culture, there is importance in being sensitive to, understanding , and respecting differences—and not just cultural and income differences but also differences in family structure."(Janet Gonzalez-Mena, 2016)
"We must all honor and appreciate diversity if we are to fulfill the dream of a pluralistic society based on equity and social justice.” (Janet Gonzalez-Mena, 2016)
Family Culture: Classroom integration
It is important to integrate family culture in the classroom to create a welcoming learning environment. This teaches children how to listen, accept, respect, and treat others as an equal. Creating a safe place for children and families to feel accepted.
Self-Esteem
Working with families to support self-esteem
Cultivating Self-Esteem
"Self-esteem is a valuing process and results from an ongoing self-appraisal in which traits and abilities are acknowledged and evaluated. People with high self-esteem are motivated more from the inside than from rewards given by others." (Janet Gonzalez-Mena, 2016)
Self-esteem in 4 dimensions:
- Significance-Feeling loved
- Competence- Feeling capable
- Power- Feeling in control
- Virtue-Feeling good about onself
Growth mindset: Students developing skills through learning and practicing.
Sense of Self: "As children grow, they develop an idea of themselves. This idea influences the behavior of the actual self—the one that operates in the world. The actual self in turn influences the self-concept, which continues to influence behavior. Thus, the actual self and the self-concept are forever tied together, and self-esteem grows from the interaction of the two." (Janet Gonzalez-Mena, 2016)
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