...significance of Arts and Cultural Commemorations at Tuli West areas, Gwanda South. It looks at how people at the selected areas benefit from the annual commemorations held on Arts and Cultural activities. The commemorations are organized by Matabeleland South Arts Council, local leaders, that is, the Chief and Councilors in conjunction with the Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture. This therefore enhances the involvement of the community at large with schools used as venues. The study seeks to identify the relevance of the activities to cultural beliefs of the people in the area with the majority being the Sotho speaking. The community participates in various artistic work including drama, poetry, dance, singing as well as craftwork. The fact that the venues used for the commemorations are schools, give school children the platform to learn about the artistic as well as cultural works which defines the Sotho community. Guetzkow (2002) highlight that children find learning through artistic and creative activity much more enjoyable, and so they will have an easier time engaging with the material. They also showcase the portrayal of Sotho culture such as dress code, types of food, accommodation (homestead) and the practice of different traditions in their culture. Therefore the study analyzes how the community’s participation in these commemorations benefits them. 1.2 OBJECTIVES 1) To identify the importance of community participation in the Arts and Cultural activities in...
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...“Working with immigrant children and their families has confirmed my belief that some of their rich heritage and values are needed in America today” (Igoa, 1995, p. 171) as Igoa emphasized the importance of embracing one’s own culture and values. Heritage is our history. It is responsible for how we came to be and what we will become. Therefore, the most important skills that we as educators/ administrators need to develop is ability to build on the knowledge that students bring into the classroom, especially knowledge that is shaped by their family, communities, and cultural histories. All children should be succeed in the school system regardless of their ethnic or language background. We can support to families in order for them to support...
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...(1902), W. I. Thomas (1931), and other pragmatists associated, primarily, with the University of Chicago in the early twentieth century. The central theme of symbolic interactionism is that human life is lived in the symbolic domain. Symbols are culturally derived social objects having shared meanings that are created and maintained in social interaction. Through language and communication, symbols provide the means by which reality is constructed. Reality is primarily a social product, and all that is humanly consequential—self, mind, society, culture—emerges from and is dependent on symbolic interactions for its existence. Even the physical environment is relevant to human conduct mainly as it is interpreted through symbolic systems. Importance of Meanings The label symbolic interactionism was coined by Herbert Blumer (1969), one of Mead's students. Blumer, who did much to shape this perspective, specified its three basic premises: (1) Humans act toward things on the basis of the meanings that things have for them; (2) the meanings of things derive from social interaction; and (3) these meanings are dependent on, and modified by, an interpretive process of the people who interact with one another. The focus here is on...
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...Inhibition From infancy the ability to inhibit thoughts enhances. "By clearing unnecessary stimuli, inhibition increases available space in working memory." (Berk, 2013, p. 288). - Has 4 phases: 1. 2. 3. 4. - production deficiency control deficiency utilization deficiency effective strategy use - Children with attention, behaviour and learning problems suffer with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) - - - “Gains in sustained attention depend on rapid growth of the prefrontal cortex, the capacity to generate increasingly complex play goals, and adult scaffolding of attention"(Berk, 2013, p. 316). 2 Vital Components - - ATTENTION - - - Rehearsal - information is constantly repeated until it becomes part of the working memory. Organization - way in which we process information and arrange them accordingly. - - - Knowledge & Sematic Memory Is declarative and involves storing information about the world and general knowledge in the long term memory. Memory strategies and extensive knowledge goes hand in hand. develops early Metacognitive knowledge therefore becomes more integrated and complex. Metacognitive Knowledge As children grow they become more conscious of their cognitive capacities and how to use particular strategies in given tasks. Culture, Schooling, & Memory Strategies - - - 4. - Thinking beyond and involves active control over the cognitive processes. - “Expands greatly as children construct a naive theory of mind, a coherent understanding...
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...GLOBALIZATION TEST CONSTRUCTION ITEMS SUB TESTS A. MEDIA EFFECT 1. Electronic media- tv,cable t.v,etc 2. Internet 3. E shopping and e commerce 4. Advertisements in visual media 5. Movies and serials aand other visuals in channels and media B. COMMUNICATION MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT 1. Mobile 2. Internet and social media 3. Face book, twitter and social net works 4. Computer games 5. Importance of country games 6. Type of music enjoy 7. Type of dance enjoy 8. Type of games you like to play C. LIFE SYLE- CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR 1. Shopping 2. Dress fashion items 3. Kind of shops used to go to purchase 4. Monthly expense 5. Importance of branded items D. LIFE SYLE FOOD 1. Food menu 2. Food products select to buy? 3. Significance of tropical fruits and food items 4. Influence of advertisement and visual medi 5. Children and food menu 6. Ice cream and other desert items 7. Use of maida and masala E. LIFE SYLE comfort & Food 1. Vehicle purchased 2. Frequency of using vehicle 3. Time and distance used to walk 4. Use of public transport 5. Furniture used in house 6. Air conditioner, fridge and entertainment items 7. Kitchen articles 8. House construction model 9. House size 10. Water facility F. RELATIONSHIP FAMILY 1. Relationship with parents and siblings I think that my parents do not allow me to use my freedom I am totally against the conventional family system existing at...
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...Introduction The experience of being in foster care can be highly traumatic for children and adolescents, often involving separation from their families, placement changes, and a sense of instability. These challenges can have profound effects on their mental health, increasing the risk of depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation. Research consistently shows that youth in foster care are disproportionately affected by suicidal thoughts and attempts compared to their peers not in foster care (Leathers et al., 2019; Jones et al., 2020). Traditional intervention approaches may not adequately address the complex needs of this population. Therefore, there is an urgent need for innovative strategies to prevent suicide among children and adolescents...
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...Based on Erikson’ psychosocial developmental stages, Adisa is at middle childhood and at this stages, school, and peer relations begin to gain importance for children. In line with it, parents and mental health specialists pay more attention child’ competency and self esteem issues at this period. Hence, in addition to potential familial and cultural challenges, her peer relationship at the school is highly significant for Adisa’s psychosocial development. Usually, at this stage, bullying damage victims the sense of self and others, the capacity to trust others and ability to built the relationship with peers (Helen and Dawn, 2008). As a result of it, victims present high level of adjustment issues, lower levels of self-esteem and self-responsibility, poor social competence, anxiety and other forms of externalizing or internalizing problems (Sanders, 2004, Kim, 2006). As mentioned above, both macro and micro systems play a role in school bullying. Therefore, in the literature, prevention and intervention programs are conducted with school staff, family members and bullied children. Intervention Techniques...
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...The assessed strengths of the client’s cultural values should determine the design and planning and interventions. If the cultural strength of extended family is assessed, then recommending and implementing individual therapy may be contraindicated. If spirituality is central to the belief system of a culture, to omit or neglect it’s no longer acceptable for culturally competent practice. Historically social workers have ignored cultural values or, at best we have been asked to be aware or be sensitive to them. Cultural often contain a wide variety of intragroup variation- cohesive and distinctly different groups that exist within the larger culture. For example there is a vibrant Latino culture within the United States, and within the broad...
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...development by the engagement of adults with children as they draw, and the interpretations of these drawings. By being engaged with young children as they express themselves on paper, allows the visualization of the child’s “thought” process as they are drawing. Along with the many applications of childhood developmental theories, the interpretation of a young child’s doodling is now perceived through Deleuzians and Guattarians dreaming concepts and Foucauldians heterotopic space concepts (Knight, 2009). Foucault’s concept of heterotopic space suggests that the young drawer visits his own imaginary space while doodling. This is a place where the child is free to imagine, free to choose, and free to express. Deleuzian’s and Guattarian’s concept suggests the child be free to be chaotic and unpredictable. Being able to dream allows the child to disconnect from the work and make his own connections. Examining and interacting with a child and his artwork can give us insight to emotional, cognitive, and physical development to the child. To a small child, scribbling can aid in muscle coordination, emotional release and social interaction. As an adult may see scribbles, the child sees whatever his imagination wants to see. Allowing a child to make decisions and have some control, gives them a sense of autonomy, which is important for the child’s emotional development. Social interaction when the child shares drawings with other children or adults is also important for social development...
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...I. CHAPTER 1 1. INTRODUCTION The city of San Pablo holds one of the most treasured places in Laguna and that is the “Seven Lakes”. These freshwater Lakes of San Pablo City were formed by a unique process called phreatic eruption where shallow lava from Mt. San Cristobal intersected groundwater which blew out (steam-heated eruption) the overlying rocks to form a circular and crater-like depression that eventually filled up with rainwater. The lakes are volcanic in origin, but the folklore handed down from one generation to another identifies a poof or diwata as the one responsible for transforming an grove or a garden into the lakes as punishment for the earthly concern masses when certain agreements were broken . The seven lakes are: Sampaloc, Palacpaquen, Mohicap, Calibato, Bunot, Pandin, and Yambo. Just like any other body of water, the lakeshore area harbor human settlement. The lakes are sources of water for domestic phthisis such as bathing or cooking, with a nearby spring as source of drunkenness water. The lakes are a source of food, a kind of Fish, shrimps, and mollusk such as Corbicula, commonly called tulya. Parts of the lakes are navigable. The lakes traditionally have been a common resource for everyone, without any restrictions on their use; any extremity of the community of interests can fish in them. The city of San Pablo relies on these Lakes as a source of economic income by attracting tourist and commercializing its local resources for the benefit of the...
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...knew everything about culture because I have studied this phenomenon in four intercultural communication courses in the past. I have learned many concepts and terms, but actually being in the context where the cultural differences are taken place is another story. I have learned a lot about the Spanish culture and myself while living in Sevilla; whether it is truly understanding the culture I belong to, values I cherish, and/or expanding my perspectives while staying true to my culture. I still have a lot to learn about the Spanish culture, because I have some unanswered questions to why Spaniards do certain things. I know cultures are continuously evolving so I have to understand that I will not fully understand a culture’s values unless I am from it. Values are influenced by one’s upbringing and how they were raised by their parents. Parents usually embed values into their kids by implementing what they know from their culture. My parents learned these important values from my grandparents. My grandparents were immigrants of Sicilia and Pais Vasco, so they know the importance of starting a new life and working hard to build a foundation for a family. Generations later, I embed these values in my life every day, so I can express the importance of hard work to my children in the future. I am a Sicilian-American who is from the small fishing town Monterey, California. I am unconsciously influenced by the language (slang) and lifestyle that exists in California, because I have...
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...culture of the “increasing connection of the world and its people” – is perhaps nowhere more visible than in the changing nature of the relationship between the world’s youth and their sense of identity (Solomon & Scuderi 2002:13). It has become commonplace to think of the world’s youth as that part of the community who are most receptive, or, alternatively, susceptible to, foreign cultural practices. If childhood means acceptance, and adulthood means conservatism, youth means rebelliousness. Youth are seen as the part of society that is most likely to engage in a process of Cultural borrowing that is disruptive of the reproduction of traditional cultural practices, from modes of dress to language, aesthetics and ideologies. From Japanese punk to Australian hip hop, youth subcultures are seen as being implicitly rebellious, born as much from a desire to reject the generation that went before them, as from an identification with what they have become. Exactly how accurate this widespread impression may be is difficult to assess. What is certain, however, is that the age of globalization, more than any other age before it, is an age that has both exerted great effects upon, and been greatly affected by, young people. Adolescents undergo the process of identity formation as one of their foremost development challenges. This paper addresses what role the mass media play in this process. One avenue of exploration would be to examine how the media can impact...
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...to future discussions regarding gaps in achievement between African American and White students. Such conversations about disparities in academic achievement between African American and White students were generally from cultural deficit perspectives, meaning, students of color, were blamed for the gap in achievement between...
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...chapter. The characterizations of media culture are then explored from the perspective of young people, and the links between youth and ICT are investigated. The dominant cultural logic with regard to ICT is outlined, and different forms of the digital divide are presented. Some global aspects of ICT use among youth are reviewed, using both primary and secondary sources. New forms of youth socialization brought about by the emergence of ICT are examined, and the chapter concludes with a set of recommendations. INTRODUCTION Young people today live in a world characterized by dramatic cultural, economic, social and educational differences; individual circumstances depend largely on where a person is born and raised. More than 800 million adults (two-thirds of them women) still lack basic literacy skills; at the other end of the spectrum, the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) is skyrocketing. Notwithstanding the immense diversity in living environments, an unprecedented and unifying global media culture has developed that challenges and often surpasses such traditional forms of socialization as family and school. This complex cultural situation—in which young people are struggling to find direction in their lives or simply to survive, to improve their living conditions, and to develop their identities—has been given various names. Some call it the information or informational age, while others prefer the term technoculture1 or technocapitalism, global media culture...
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...Multiracial Societies in Malaysia A society is a body of individuals living as members of a community A multiracial society refers to a society that consists of various groups of races or ethnicities but under one leadership.Malaysia is a multiple races and cultural country. The very first race that stay in this land were indigenous tribes also known as Orang Asli that still remains; Malay is the next, who moved from mainland Asia in long time ago. The Chinese and India culture was bring in during early 19 century when they start to trade and doing business between them and Malaya at straits of Malacca. Each major religious group has its major holidays such as "Hari Raya Adilfiltri", "Hari Raya Cina" and "Hari Deevapali". Hari Kebangsaan is the most universal holidays that celebrate by the whole Malaysian to celebrate the independent of Malaya back to 31 August 1957. Although festivals are differently from the different ethics, but they still celebrate together in Malaysia. This shows that Malaysian hold the One Malaysia spirit. Before the existence of the three main commiunities (Malay,Chinese and Indian), almost the entire population of Malaya consisted of Malays. In the early 19th century more than 90% of the population in the peninsular of Malaysia and Singapore were Malays. There were only a few number of Chinese who had come to Malaya as traders and settled down in Melacca, Kuala Terengganu, Johor River, Pahang River and Kelantan. Meanwhile, a small number of Indians...
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