report on culture and community

1. CULTURE and
COMMUNITY
(Theories in Guidance)
EVELYN C. AVILA, RPAE
Discussant
Dr. JINA-LUZ ALFELOR
Professor

2. WHAT IS CULTURE?
• The knowledge, values, attitudes, and
traditions that guide the behavior of a
group of people and allow them to solve
the problems of living in their environment
7 Views of Culture
1. Core societal values
2. Context & Customs
3. Power & Social Positions
4. Intergroup relations
5. Tools & Practices
6. Social Capital
7. Psychological capabilities

3. MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION
- Rejects the idea of the melting pot*
- Education that teaches the value of cultural
diversity
- Is more than a change in the curriculum

4. BANK'S DIMENSIONS OF MULTICULTURAL
EDUCATION
 Content Integration
 The Knowledge Construction Process
 An Equity Pedagogy
 Pre-judice Reduction
 An Empowering School Culture and
Social Structure

5. SOCIAL CLASS DIFFERENCES
SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS (SES)
- variations in power, wealth and prestige
4 General Levels of SES:
1. Upper
2. Middle
3. Working
4. Lower

6. EFFECTS OF LOW S.E.S.
 Poor Health Care
 Low Expectations
 Learned Helplessness
 Peer Influence and Resistance Culture
 Tracking
 Child Rearing Styles

7. ETHNIC AND RACIAL DIFFERENCES
Ethnicity - a cultural heritage shared by a
group of people
Race - a group of people who share
common biological traits that are seen as
self defining by the people of the group.
Minority Group - a group of people who
have been socially disadvantaged--and
not always a minority in actual numbers.

8. ETHNIC AND RACIAL DIFFERENCES
Changing demographics
Cultural conflicts
 Cultural Compatability
Ethnic and Racial Differences in School
Achievement

9. 6 GUIDELINES FOR THE TYPES OF
FAMILY/SCHOOL/COMMUNITY
PARTNERSHIPS
 PARENTING PARTNERSHIPS
 COMMUNICATION
 VOLUNTEERING
 LEARNING AT HOME
 DECISION-MAKING PARTNERSHIPS
 COMMUNITY PATNERSHIPS

10. THE LEGACY OF DISCRIMINATION
 The Development of Pre-judice
 Continuing Discrimination
 Stereotype threat
1. Short Term Effect: Test Performance
2. Long term Effect: Disidentification

11. DIFFERENCES IN THE CLASSROOM
• Gender Role Identity
– gender-role stereotyping in preschool years
– gender bias in the curriculum
– sex discrimination in classrooms
• Sex Differences in Mental Abilities

12. Thank You for Listening!