Early Childhood Culture
Asian Culture in Early Childhood Classrooms
Tene’ Williams
ECE 405 Children and Families in a Diverse Society
Prof. Kerry Trethewey
August 19, 2013
Asian Culture in Early Childhood Classrooms Diverse backgrounds or “cultures” are necessary for the preschool classrooms just as they are for all classrooms. As a teacher, it is very important to understand all the cultures that are in your school as well the classroom. Students have no control over their culture; therefore no student should be judged or mistreated because of their background. Preschool education is beneficial for children, families, and the communities. Teachers are challenged with understanding the essentials of each student according to their individual culture. …show more content…
Nevertheless, all families should be treated with the same respect and egalitarianism as the next family. Some of the families from the diverse backgrounds are Middle Eastern, Asian, African, Hispanic, Native American and European diverse. Asian is the diverse group that I would become an expert on if asked by my Director at an international preschool. The term Asian does not have any usefulness when categorizing the Asian culture. Asians are positively and negatively stereotyped “with words such as parents, disciplined, superstition, and sheltered” (Guan, Lee, & Cole, 2012). Asian families are said to want son so that they carry on the family name (Nguyen, 2002). Linda Nguyen also states that Asian women are not as valued as Asian men, and they are to be passive and obedient to the male …show more content…
All the receipts that are submitted will be placed into the cook book. The cook book will consist of all the families entries for that school year and each family will be identified next to their receipts. During Family Week, the parents will be given a chance to utilize the school’s kitchen with the assistance of staff members to create their favorite meals. The kitchen staff will also make some of the receipts from the book to serve through Family Week and identify the family that submitted the receipts.
Family Week is a great proposed way to engage children and their families and demonstrate an appreciation of their background while also respecting each student as a unique individual. Game Night that consists of answers given by the families such as a game of Family Feud is very interactive. Reading Day, Family Cook Book, and also a family dinner provided by the school utilizing receipts succumbed by the families will make them the families feel
Tene’ Williams
ECE 405 Children and Families in a Diverse Society
Prof. Kerry Trethewey
August 19, 2013
Asian Culture in Early Childhood Classrooms Diverse backgrounds or “cultures” are necessary for the preschool classrooms just as they are for all classrooms. As a teacher, it is very important to understand all the cultures that are in your school as well the classroom. Students have no control over their culture; therefore no student should be judged or mistreated because of their background. Preschool education is beneficial for children, families, and the communities. Teachers are challenged with understanding the essentials of each student according to their individual culture. …show more content…
Nevertheless, all families should be treated with the same respect and egalitarianism as the next family. Some of the families from the diverse backgrounds are Middle Eastern, Asian, African, Hispanic, Native American and European diverse. Asian is the diverse group that I would become an expert on if asked by my Director at an international preschool. The term Asian does not have any usefulness when categorizing the Asian culture. Asians are positively and negatively stereotyped “with words such as parents, disciplined, superstition, and sheltered” (Guan, Lee, & Cole, 2012). Asian families are said to want son so that they carry on the family name (Nguyen, 2002). Linda Nguyen also states that Asian women are not as valued as Asian men, and they are to be passive and obedient to the male …show more content…
All the receipts that are submitted will be placed into the cook book. The cook book will consist of all the families entries for that school year and each family will be identified next to their receipts. During Family Week, the parents will be given a chance to utilize the school’s kitchen with the assistance of staff members to create their favorite meals. The kitchen staff will also make some of the receipts from the book to serve through Family Week and identify the family that submitted the receipts.
Family Week is a great proposed way to engage children and their families and demonstrate an appreciation of their background while also respecting each student as a unique individual. Game Night that consists of answers given by the families such as a game of Family Feud is very interactive. Reading Day, Family Cook Book, and also a family dinner provided by the school utilizing receipts succumbed by the families will make them the families feel