Please Note: This first Case Study Reflection is not due until the end of Mod 3. However, I am making it available to you now, at the beginning of the course, so you can begin to think and research your child and their cultures, based on the scenario you were given. Please understand that if you turn this in prior to Mod 3, you will not have the knowledge necessary to be as successful on this case study as after you have completed the work for Mod 3. Therefore, if you turn in this assignment prior to Mod 3, I will grade it on the due date and you will be given the grade you earn-this will count as your first submission!
Case Study 5:
This student is a five-year-old (kindergarten) girl. She was born in Pakistan, and has been in this country a very short while. Her parents speak English, but with heavy accents that make them difficult for you to understand. Her father was a lawyer in Pakistan, and left because of a political threat on his life. He now works as a clerk in a convenience store. Her older brother is in fifth grade, and students in his school often call him a terrorist. Her mother wears a head cover and does not socialize with other parents in the school. She is learning English quickly, but has never been in school, or with large groups of children, before, so she is unsure how to interact with the other students in your classroom. (Child Name Zinab Hussain)
Before you begin your first reflection on your assigned child and case study for the semester, please make sure you have read the scenario you were given.
You are responsible for this child’s education and, to a large extent, for his or her well-being during this school semester. As you read material for this course, think about how what you read might shape this child’s educational experience, and what he/she might need from you as a teacher to be successful in your classroom.
As the semester progresses, the profile of this child will grow. You will add material about him or her, as you learn more about what his/her individual and cultural needs and experiences are.
Take good care of this child entrusted to you!
For this first reflection, you will be adding details about your child and his/her situation and family using your imagination, the information you have read so far in the course, and by doing some additional research. Each module will add to your knowledge, and in some reflections, you will have to do additional research to fully answer the questions given in each reflection prompt.
For this first reflection (Mod 3 Reflection), you will answer the following questions:
You should place the original scenario at the beginning of each of your reflections this semester.
1. Child’s Name: What is your child’s name? If you are unaware of the types of first and last names used in the backgrounds of your child, you may need to look this up. You should choose a first and last name which reflects the culture(s) of the child and his/her family. Make sure to tell why you chose the names you did for your child (meaning, etc). If names are listed differently than in the US. then explain that as well.
2. Cultures and Child/Family’s Story: What is the child’s race/ethnicity/cultures/sub-cultures? You may have been given some information regarding this. However, within each country/religion/large culture, there are many sub-cultures, and many variations of how culture is manifested/shown.
Some questions you will want to answer include: Where is this child from within the home country, was the child from a rural or urban area, what is the child’s ecomonic status (in the US and if appropriate from their homeland), what roles do each of the family members play in the family (and in society), what is the family’s religion or do they not have one and how does this impact their lives, what type of housing do they live in in the US, what jobs do the adult(s) have, siblings, other relatives and relationships (if relevant), etc, etc… ? These are just examples of what to include, and are intended to get you thinking-you should include any and all information which you think is important to know about their lives and how their culture(s) shape their lives here in the US.
If you only include the sample questions, you have not written enough and will lose points. You need to include much detail here-this is the “story” of your child.
Do not give facts and figures about their homeland (this is not a mini report on a foreign country!)-only what impacts their lives here in the US and how culture influences the way they live.
Be specific here, and again, you may need to look up some information to provide accurate information. You may be adding more to this profile as you go through the semester, but this reflection is intended to provide you with enough information to delve deeply into the family’s culture and lives, so you need many details here. If there are no references to the ethnicities of your child/family, you need to make them up here.
Make sure you are not being judgmental, negative, or biased.
You are giving the child in your scenario some real-life characteristics which will give you a framework from which to work as the semester moves along. Take time now to provide enough details about your child and their family, so that you can picture this child and feel a connection to them. In this way, as you reflect upon specific aspects of culture and teaching/learning, you will have information you can reflect upon as we move through the semester.
This part of the reflection should be quite long and very detailed.
Again-do not give facts and figures about their homeland (this is not a mini report on a foreign country!)-only what impacts their lives here in the US and how culture influences the way they live.
3. Cultures: Now that you have given your child and family a story and have begun to delve into their cultures, what are at least 2 cultures that your child belongs to? Be clear and remember that cultures have names, so name each culture. Make sure the cultures you list are consistent with the original scenario and what you wrote above about your child’s life. Think about what you learned in the last module and this module on cultures-these need to be the important cultures for this child and need to have the characteristics of culture.
4. Outward Signs of Cultures: For each culture, discuss at least 1 characteristic of the culture that is an outward sign that they belong to this culture (the tip of the iceberg, the tangibles of the culture.) Be sure to be specific and give clear examples. For example, don’t say, “customs,” tell what the specific custom is. Be sure that the examples are not stereotyping the culture, but are true to the culture. You may have to do some research on your child’s cultures so that your examples are appropriate and accurate. Make sure to label each culture here so I can see what sign belongs to which culture.
5. Internal Signs of Cultures: For each culture, discuss at least 1 characteristic of the culture that is an internal sign that they belong to this culture (the below the water part of the iceberg, the values/beliefs of the culture) Be sure to be specific and give clear examples. For example, don’t say, “values,” tell the specific value you are referring to and how it is part of that culture. Be sure that the examples are not stereotyping the culture, but are true to the culture. You may have to do some research on your child’s cultures so that your examples are appropriate and accurate. Make sure to label each culture here so I can see what sign belongs to which culture.
6. Your Relationship with Child/Family: How might these cultural values and/or beliefs affect your relationship with this student and/or his/her parents? Give 2 specific examples. Make sure these examples are not a negative portrayal of the child and their family’s cultures. Also, be sure that you are discussing culture and how these characteristics of these cultures can affect your relationships and/or the child’s learning or social situations in your classroom. Make sure you are using language and concepts from Mods 1, 2 and 3.
This is the longest reflection you will need to do this semester, but that is because we are building a story for you to be able to use the remainder of the semester, so be sure to spend a lot of time on this reflection-it will help you greatly as you move on this semester with your reflections!
Late submissions for case study reflections are accepted, but ½ credit will be deducted and no resubmissions will be accepted. Please remember that reflections build upon one another, so a late or missing reflection will make it difficult to do well on the remaining reflections.
Guidelines and Directions for Case Study Reflections
Case Studies and Reflections
Purpose: To follow a case studies (scenario) of a child for the entire semester and look at course concepts through the eyes of your particular child, and how this view point affects teaching and learning.
Audience/Tone: The audience is yourself and me, as your instructor. Reflections will ask for your thoughts, feelings, and analysis of course content, as it relates to your particular child.
Product: A series of reflections showing your views and thoughts, as well as your analysis of course content and how the viewpoints of the child in your scenario may impact teaching and learning.
Grading: Points will be given for writing skills, completeness, accuracy, professionalism, appropriate tone and respectfulness of the family/child’s cultures, and use of terminology and concepts from class.
Late submissions are accepted for reflections, but 1/2 credit will be deducted and there are no resubmissions. Reflections build upon each other, so if you miss one, or turn one in late, it will be more difficult to do well on the remaining case study reflections.
Directions:
1. In the first week of class, you will be assigned one child and their individual scenario
2. In some modules, you will be asked to write a reflection. These reflections will be a way for you to view the course concepts through the lens of someone different from yourself and then analyze how this view point may impact teaching and learning.
3. For all reflections, make sure to:
1. Include the scenario you were given. Just copy the entire original scenario to the beginning of each reflection.
2. Number each question so I can follow your answers.
3. Use complete sentences-no bullets, lists, or sentence fragments. If you do not use complete sentences in your reflections, you will receive a grade of 0, and you cannot resubmit the assignment.
4. Use the modules terms, concepts, and language in your reflection. You will lose points if this is not done in the reflections.
5. Make sure to be professional and respectful in your tone and ideas of the family and the child’s cultures. Make sure you do not view their perspectives or cultures as negative or wrong.
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