I hope these preparations will help me show the
family I respect them and their culture.
I want to build a relationship of trust and I hope their my efforts of
better understanding their culture this will know the family I good
intentions. This way the family will be
more open to communicating with me and we will be more efficient in working
together to give their child a great education.
Saturday, April 20, 2013
The Burmanese family
My family is from Burma which is also known as Myanmar. Burma
is located between India and Thailand.
Also some of the other neighbors are Bangladesh, Lao PDR, and
China. In order to be culturally
responsive towards this family I will make sure I know particular facts about
their culture. I will learn about the
primary language. I will learn about the role of the children and gender
roles. I wouldn't want to come across
disrespectful if the family role is hierarchy and this the culture and parents mandate
particular roles from their children. Lastly
I would learn about holidays and religion because I would want to make sure I
was being inclusive when celebrating holidays and make sure I wasn't offensive
when celebrating other holidays.
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Learning about their roles in regards to gender is an excellent idea. I also think learning about holiday's and traditions is a good idea. When I did my blog I may have over taught the process.
ReplyDeleteI really like how you pointed out that you didn't want to be disrespectful towards the family hierarchy. Recently I had a family enroll in the middle school I teach at. The biological father enrolled her and that made him our primary contact. The biological mother, who was no longer with the biological father was very offended that she wasn't the primary contact and un-enrolled the student and enrolled her with herself as the primary guardian. We unknowingly offended the family hierarchy.
ReplyDeleteBuilding a trusting relationship among all parents is the ultimate goal of an early childhood professional when working with families of any culture.
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