Week 3 Application

For your journal entry this week, review the questions below and then select three or more to write about:

• How would you describe your cultural and linguistic roots and the influence they have had on your life and your learning?
• How much has your identity been shaped by your culture?
• In what ways has your culture been taught to you?
• How connected do you feel to the place where you live—the climate, landforms, vegetation and animal life?
• How do people in your family and community relate to each other? How do they define success? What are their aspirations? Fears? How are these reflected in their child-rearing processes?
• What traditions, rituals, and celebrations are important to you and your family?
• How have your culture and your life experiences affected your relationships with and understanding of persons who are culturally different from you?
• What more would you like to learn about your own culture and/or the culture of others in order to better understand yourself and ways you can work respectfully and responsively with young children and their families?

Assignment length: 2–3 pages