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    Culture: The Learning

    Process
    By: Hilary Jonus & Veaney Ramos

    Summary/Outline

    The importance of teachers understanding their own cultural identities and


    those of their students.
    The dynamics of culture & the culture learning process that both students &
    teachers experience.
    Primary & secondary socialization processes
    12 sources of cultural knowledge
    12 Socializing Agents that transmit culture
    Consequences & limitations of socializations
    The 4 elements of culture
    More terms

    What are some sources of your cultural identity?

    Sources of
    Cultural Identity

    The Process of Socialization


    Socialization: the process by which people learn the norms that are expected of
    them by a particular group. Your identity.
    The process occurs at 3 stages of life:

    1) Primary: socialization of infants & young children. Includes how to


    eat (Americans vs. Japanese) and how to speak.
    2) Secondary: Socialization of older children/teens. School! Introduced
    to ideas and values that differ from their cultural identity at home.
    3)

    Adult: Socialization of adults into roles. Includes getting a job, marrying,


    moving into new home, having children.

    Socializing
    Agents
    That
    Transmit
    Culture

    The
    Culture-Learning
    Process

    Limits on Socialization

    There are three limitations on socialization important to educators:

    Socialization can be limited by the child's physical organism and biological limits.

    Socialization is an unending process that is never completely finished, therefore a child may
    be socialized a certain way but he/she can learn new ways.

    Socialization has limited power because humans can reject/accept norms, interpret
    accepted norms differently, and create new accepted normative behavior.

    Socialization can help shape individuals but it does not finalize peoples
    identity.

    Main Consequence of Socialization

    Ethnocentrism is when people evaluate and form ideas about others


    according to their own standards.

    Criticizing, considering certain aspects of other peoples cultures beneath you.

    Strong resistance to change: people sometimes believe their way of doing things is the
    best/correct way.

    In schools: some educators and politicians believe that Eurocentric curriculum is the
    most valuable preparation a student needs.

    What do you see?

    Passage #1: Culture is Both Objective and Subjective


    Objective components of culture consist of the visible, tangible elements of a group; that
    is the endless array of physical artifacts the people produce, the language they speak, the
    clothes they wear, the food they eat, and the unending stream of decorative and ritual
    objects they create. These elements are relatively easy to pick up or observe, and all
    people would describe them in a similar manner. It is the objective elements of
    culture that are most commonly thought of when cultural differences are considered.
    Subjective components of culture are the invisible, less tangible aspects of culture, such
    as the attitudes people hold, the values they defend, their norms of behavior, the manner in
    which they learn, and the hierarchy of social rolesin short, the meaning that the more
    objective components of culture have for individuals and groups.

    Subjective and Objective Components of Culture from Pictures


    Subjective:

    Elders high place in social hierarchy


    pyramid
    Manners/values:
    Opening doors for others
    Listening to elders
    Happiness while dancing

    Objective:

    Language
    Traditional attire:
    Colorful Mexican dresses and charro
    suits
    Native American headpiece and
    outfit
    Businessman suit

    Other Elements of Culture

    Culture is constructed by humans


    Culture is shared
    Culture is nurtured

    More Salient Terms and Concepts


    Five common terms used to describe social groups that share
    cultural elements but are generally smaller than society as a whole
    are:

    Subculture
    Microculture
    Minority Group
    Ethnic Group
    People of Color

    Sometimes used interchangeably but microculture suggests a greater


    connection with the parent culture

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