you should interview a person who grew up in another country (or lived there for an extended period of time – 10 years or more). The interview should focus on parenting, child care, and educational norms in that country compared to those in the United States.

FS 3523 – GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES: CARE & EDUCATION OF CHILDREN

CULTURAL INTERVIEW ASSIGNMENT

For this assignment, you should interview a person or a family who grew up in another country

(or lived there for an extended period of time – must be 10 years or longer).  The interview

should be centered on child-rearing and educational norms in that country, compared to those in

the United States.  Note: You may NOT interview a classmate from this course, but you may

interview another student if you wish (for example, the International Office hosts various cultural

events throughout the year where you can meet international students at TWU).

Three topics you must address in the paper:

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Parenting

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Child care arrangements

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Education

Within these main topics, here are some suggested sub-topics:

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Parent-child relationship and communication

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Parental nurture/warmth

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Discipline practices

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The role of the child within the family

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Child care arrangements (in the first few years and later)

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Child-caregiver relationship

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Activities and structure of the child care environment

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The educational experience

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Educational structure

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Child-teacher relationship

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Parent-teacher communication

The format should be as follows:

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In PC-compatible Word document (doc., or docx.)

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Double-spaced

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1” margins (

please check!

)

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Arial or Times New Roman font

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Black ink

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Free of typos and grammatical errors (

proof read!!

)

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You are expected to summarize and synthesize the information received from the person

interviewed rather than writing your paper in a question/answer format.

Grading guidelines:

Format:

5 points

Family/parenting content:

20 points

Child care/education content: 20 points

Organization/coherence:

5 points

Total points possible

50 points

Note: These are just examples. By all means, please feel free to come up with your own creative

ways to ask questions. Keep in mind that the assignment will be graded based on the rubric.

1. How would you describe your parents when you were young? Were they strict? Warm? Did

you have house rules? Did you have any rule that you felt unfair?

2. Who was involved in your development? Mother? Father? Both? How is the current

relationship between you and your parents? If you had issues, would you discuss it with them?

3. Did you go to daycare? How long? How old were you? Who did you spend time with when

your parents were not available? How did it make you feel?

4. How would you describe the difference between the U.S. and your home country in

education? Which do you like better and why?

5. In terms of education, what is the one thing that you do not appreciate in the U.S.?

Instructions: In your reflection paper, you will address the following six (6) content components:

 

1. Summarize the main ideas presented in the TED talk. 2. Discuss something new that you learned. 3. State whether you agree or disagree with the main ideas presented in the talk, and explain why you agree or disagree. 4. Discuss how you might apply what you’ve learned to your own life. 5. Research additional information related to this topic, and include a discussion of what you found most interesting. Include the link to the source you have chosen. 6. Discuss at least one idea/question for follow-up research on this topic.

 

Requirements:

 

• This reflection paper should be a minimum of three (3) full pages in length.  The page requirement does not include the title and reference pages.   • Writing should be in paragraph form, double-spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides. • Reference the TED Talk you viewed using the following format:

 

Presenter Surname, First Initial, Second Initial. (Year of publication, Month Day). Title of the TED talk [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/restofaddress

 

 

 

PSY101 – Fundamentals of Psychology I

TED Talk Reflection Paper

List of TED Talks to choose from:

 

 

Alter, A. (2017, April). Why our screens make us less happy [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/adam_alter_why_our_screens_make_us_less_happy

 

 

Dunn, E. (2019, April). Helping others makes us happier — but it matters how we do it [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_dunn_helping_others_makes_us_happier_but_it_matters_ how_we_do_it

 

 

Feldman Barret, L. (2017, December). You aren’t at the mercy of your emotions your brain creates them [Video file].  Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/lisa_feldman_barrett_you_aren_t_at_the_mercy_of_your_emotions_ your_brain_creates_them?language=en

 

 

Genova, L. (2017, April). What can you do to prevent Alzheimer’s? [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/lisa_genova_what_you_can_do_to_prevent_alzheimer_s?language =en

 

 

Gopnik, A. (2011, July). What do babies think? [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/alison_gopnik_what_do_babies_think

 

 

Gorgens, K. (2018, June). The surprising connection between brain injuries and crime [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/kim_gorgens_the_surprising_connection_between_brain_injuries_a nd_crime

 

 

Little, B. (2016, February). Who are you, really? The puzzle of personality [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/brian_little_who_are_you_really_the_puzzle_of_personality

Longden, E. (2013, February). The voices in my head [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/eleanor_longden_the_voices_in_my_head?language=en

 

 

Martin, R. (2018, August). Why we get mad — and why it’s healthy [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/ryan_martin_why_we_get_mad_and_why_it_s_healthy

 

 

TEDx Talks. (2011, December 8). TEDxTerryTalks – Laura Bain – Living with bipolar type II [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ki9dgG3P5M