Key Elements Of A Child's Sense Of Belonging

I believe that our culture helps to shape our identity and therefore I believe that early childhood education should reflect the culture of the children attending the program, while teaching other cultures to promote diversity and inclusion. Aboriginal Head Start programs are contributing back to the communities through culturally responsive education, which reinforces Aboriginal identity. Nguyen (2011) argues that Aboriginal early childhood education needs to provide children with a “sense of who they are and where the come from, which will impact community self-government and self-determination” (p.231). Similarly, Greenwood et al. (2007) points out that early childhood education should socialize children into their heritage and ancestry through programs that reflect their community and nation. The Aboriginal Head Start programs foster the education of both Aboriginal culture and language into the program in hopes that this inspires children to learn their respective language and participate in their communities (Nguyen,

Perceptions of Belonging in our society “We belong … like fish in water. We’re in our environment.” This quote from the New York Times shows the perception of belonging as the idea about connecting to a place, person, group or a community. 'Feliks Skrzynecki' by Peter Skrzynecki, 'I'm nobody! Who are you?' by Emily Dickinson and 'The Rabbits' by John Marsden & Shaun Tan show the concept of belonging as being contrasted towards the New York Times quote, showing the alienation and non-existent connection towards it. These texts have furthered my understanding on the perceptions of belonging by recognising the different concepts of connection to people, places and things.

Attachment starts to develop since the women’s pregnancy, during this stage of human development the female starts to cultivate emotional attachment to the fetus. The method in which attachment is formed during gestation will eventually affect or enhance the child stance during pregnancy or even after birth. Attachment can be defined as the manner in which an infant creates an emotional connection between specific members. Attachment can be clearly detected, especially with the persons who are closer to the infant. In the article “Attachment Issues”, states the definition of attachment by theorist John Bowlby, and how attachment is constructed “Is not a one-time event, but a process that begins during birth and progress into the early

Jason Stevens is flown out to a farm in Texas to carry out the first gift that his grandfather had insisted upon. Jason’s first gift of work brought him to place where only his bare needs would be met. According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, Jason was directly

Desire drives our race, and desire is love. The desire to belong is a love. As humans, we love belonging and the sense of security it brings. The need to belong is the need to give, and receive attention to, and from, others. We all

In the project, the predominant issue was the lack of cultural and linguistic resources and learning experiences that are accessible for parents and children in the service. The lack of sense of belonging and social cohesion marginalises children and parents. Language and culture are predominant components in the children’s lives as it allows them to communicate their culture and language in their community (Saracho & Spodek, 2010). Therefore, the project incorporates multicultural and multilingual resources in the setting and ensures children and families from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds are contributed respectfully and strengthen social cohesion. In addition, the inequity of linguistic resources creates social exclusion

Secure attachment can support the child in developing and reaching their milestones in terms of their positive behaviour adjustment to adulthood, emotional, cognitive and biological development. (Granot and Mayseless, 2001).This can be difficult for mothers if there experiencing symptoms of PND which in turns leads to insecure attachments. Insecure attachment

1) Behavior is purposeful, aiming at satisfying needs for: a) Love and belonging (Cooperation) Meeting needs: Jim is meeting both needs for love and belonging as he is a member of a family. Therefore, Jim feels as he belongs in consideration that he speaks admirably of his mother and George. Additionally, Jim engages in regular peer social contact at school as well as being a member of his 9th-grade class to which Jim belongs. Also, Jim meets the need for belonging in which he is extremely active in the local junior fire company.

For several years lay observations have caused a postulate of theory which is; within the time it takes for a high school senior to advance to a distinction of sophomore at University level, a phenomenon of sudden change by these young adults to a contradictory belief system has occurred. Having

Issue Paper Identity is related to the looks, beliefs, personalities, class, experiences, contributions of a person (Gee, 2000). Positive identity development among young children is important, because grounds children’s healthy self-awareness, including self-efficacy and high self-esteem later in life (Niebergall, 2010). However, it is a challenge for early childhood educators working in a county as culturally diverse as Canada, since most of those teachers need to work with immigrant children coming from diverse cultural background (Ali et al., 2012).

Attachment is something that every child experiences in their lifetime. Making a relationship with the parents or carer and the key person in the setting is important for their health and well-being of the child. The type of attachment the child has in the early childhood will have effect on their future. Like having a secure attachment, the child will be able to make secure relationships themselves. On the other side if the child were not able to make a secure attachment with the carer or key person because of reasons like abuse or lived in an orphanage then the child may struggle to make relationships and trust people.

The article “Affective Belongings across Geographies” by Koen Leurs, Mariëtte de Haan, and Kevin Leander they argue that YouTube video viewing practices of Moroccan-Dutch youth and how they provide insight into affective belongings between subjects across local and global geographies. It is important to note that they view emotions as

As Lawrence, Brooker and Goodnow (2012, p. 77) suggest being able to understand the meaning of culture calls on the awareness that no culture is static, that they are in fact fluid and dynamic. The Australian Social Inclusion Board (2012) as cited in Ewing (2013, p. 75) and reported by Scanlon-Monash Index of Social Cohesion state between 2007 and 2011 attitudes have become worse towards people from different cultures, whether they come from different racial backgrounds, sexual orientation or national origins. This is mostly due to complacency, as suggested by Raewyn Connell as cited in Ewing (2013, p. 75). Children are exposed to how adults and other young children think, thus affecting their learning experiences (Siraj-Blatchford and Clarke, p. 22). They are great imitators and copy what others do around them, whether it be positive or negative (Brown, 1998) as cited in Siraj-Blatchford and Clarke (p, 23). As argued by Siraj-Blatchford (1996, p. 23) educators need to focus on the difficulty of identity formation in children. For an educator to neglect this is neglecting the child’s individuality. Cultural competency is discussed in the Early Years Learning Framework and is about communication and attitudes. Educators can guide the triumph of cultural diversity when working with children and their families. Being able to live with difference means educators

It's important as educators to understand owns culture and identity because this will help understand and be more sensitive towards children in the classroom. Also, knowing who you are as person and sharing this information with the class will help build trust and connection with students. Children will understand that no matter what culture or your identity as an individual, this won't make a difference on your goals and expectations. We are all the same and should be given the same opportunity on every subject. A classroom is a community build based on respect, tolerance, kindness and inclusion. Every child is important and adds something special to the classroom. And instead of lowering expectations on children because of their culture

Educators view culture and the context of family as central to children’s sense of being and belonging, and to success in lifelong learning. Cultural competence is much more than awareness